Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.551
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18A.551, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 18A.551. REPORT OF INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS BY JUDGE.
Official statutory text
(a) Within 30 days after the date an interception order or the last extension, if any, expires or after the denial of an interception order, the issuing or denying judge shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts:
(1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for;
(2) the kind of order or extension applied for;
(3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied;
(4) the period of interceptions authorized by the order and the number and duration of any extensions of the order;
(5) the offense specified in the order or application or extension;
(6) the identity of the requesting officer and the prosecutor; and
(7) the nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were to be intercepted.
(b) A judge required to file a report under this article shall forward a copy of the report to the director.
(1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for;
(2) the kind of order or extension applied for;
(3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied;
(4) the period of interceptions authorized by the order and the number and duration of any extensions of the order;
(5) the offense specified in the order or application or extension;
(6) the identity of the requesting officer and the prosecutor; and
(7) the nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were to be intercepted.
(b) A judge required to file a report under this article shall forward a copy of the report to the director.
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