Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 18A.053 – Jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 18A.053
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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.