Section 18B.202 - Order Authorizing Installation and Use of Mobile Tracking Device(a) A district judge may issue an order for the installation and use of a mobile tracking device only on the application of an authorized peace officer.(b) An application must be written, signed, and sworn to before the judge.(c) The affidavit must:(1) state the name, department, agency, and address of the applicant;(2) identify the vehicle, container, or item to which, in which, or on which the mobile tracking device is to be attached, placed, or otherwise installed;(3) state the name of the owner or possessor of the vehicle, container, or item identified under Subdivision (2);(4) state the judicial jurisdictional area in which the vehicle, container, or item identified under Subdivision (2) is expected to be found; and(5) state the facts and circumstances that provide the applicant with probable cause to believe that:(A) criminal activity has been, is, or will be committed; and(B) the installation and use of a mobile tracking device is likely to produce information that is material to an ongoing criminal investigation of that criminal activity.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 18B.202
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 536,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2021.Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1058,Sec. 1.02, eff. 1/1/2019.