Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.053
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.053, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 18A.053. JURISDICTION.
Official statutory text
Except as provided by Article 18A.054, a judge of competent jurisdiction may act on an application for an interception order if any of the following is located in the administrative judicial region with respect to which the judge is appointed:
(1) the site of:
(A) the proposed interception; or
(B) the interception device to be installed or monitored;
(2) the communication device to be intercepted;
(3) the billing, residential, or business address of the subscriber to the electronic communications service to be intercepted;
(4) the headquarters of the law enforcement agency that makes the request for or will execute the interception order; or
(5) the headquarters of the service provider.
(1) the site of:
(A) the proposed interception; or
(B) the interception device to be installed or monitored;
(2) the communication device to be intercepted;
(3) the billing, residential, or business address of the subscriber to the electronic communications service to be intercepted;
(4) the headquarters of the law enforcement agency that makes the request for or will execute the interception order; or
(5) the headquarters of the service provider.
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