{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-123.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 123.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Communication\" means speech uttered by a person or information including speech that is transmitted in whole or in part with the aid of a wire or cable.\n(2) \"Interception\" means the aural acquisition of the contents of a communication through the use of an interception device that is made without the consent of a party to the communication, but does not include the ordinary use of:\n(A) a telephone or telegraph instrument or facility or telephone and telegraph equipment;\n(B) a hearing aid designed to correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal;\n(C) a radio, television, or other wireless receiver; or\n(D) a cable system that relays a public wireless broadcast from a common antenna to a receiver.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 3.02, eff. January 1, 2019.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 123. INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.123.htm#123.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"150a4472ffb35ee64fe53eaf62d132188a0ecdaeed9a90c72121d5b6c3717ab0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-122.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-123.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}