Texas Statutes
Subchapter H. Disclosure and Use of Intercepted Communications
Article 18A.357. Communications Received in Evidence

(1) the communication was intercepted in violation of this chapter, Section 16.02, Penal Code, or federal law; or
(2) the disclosure of the contents of the communication or evidence derived from the communication would violate a law described by Subdivision (1).
(b) The contents of an intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in a civil trial, hearing, or other proceeding only if the civil trial, hearing, or other proceeding arises out of a violation of a penal law.
(c) This article does not prohibit the use or admissibility of the contents of an intercepted communication or evidence derived from the communication if the communication was intercepted in a jurisdiction outside this state in compliance with the law of that jurisdiction.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2019.

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