Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.254

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 18A.254 - No Expectation of Privacy

(a) A person confined in a correctional facility does not have an expectation of privacy with respect to the possession or use of a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device located on the premises of the facility.

(b) A person confined in a correctional facility, and any person with whom the confined person communicates through the use of a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device, does not have an expectation of privacy with respect to the contents of a communication transmitted by the telephone or device.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 18A.254

Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1058,Sec. 1.01, eff. 1/1/2019.