{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-123.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 123.003","heading":"DEFENSE.","body":"(a) A switchboard operator or an officer, employee, or agent of a communication common carrier whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire communication may intercept, disclose, or use a communication in the normal course of employment if engaged in an activity that is necessary to service or for the protection of the carrier's rights or property. A communication common carrier may not use service observation or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks.\n(b) It is a defense to an action under Section 123.002 that an interception, disclosure, or use of a communication is permitted by this section.\n(c) A defendant must establish by a preponderance of the evidence a defense raised under this section.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","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#123.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"c82b9cef810bab6a0d5dd2b383d09e920d306d3be1c8cc505b2012d634f9f471","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-123.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-123.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}