Tex.
Code of Crim. Proc. Article 18.07
Days Allowed for Warrant to Run
(a)
Unless the magistrate directs in the warrant a shorter period for the execution of any search warrant issued under this chapter, Chapter 18A (Detection, Interception, and Use of Wire, Oral, and Electronic Communications), or Chapter 18B (Installation and Use of Tracking Equipment; Access to Communications), the period allowed for the execution of the warrant, exclusive of the day of its issuance and of the day of its execution, is:(1)
15 whole days if the warrant is issued solely to search for and seize specimens from a specific person for DNA analysis and comparison, including blood and saliva samples;(2)
10 whole days if the warrant is issued under Article 18B.354 (Warrant Issued in This State: Application and Issuance of Warrant) or Subchapter G-1 (Applicability), Chapter 18B (Installation and Use of Tracking Equipment; Access to Communications); or(3)
three whole days if the warrant is issued for a purpose other than that described by Subdivision (1) or (2).(b)
The magistrate issuing a search warrant under this chapter, Chapter 18A (Detection, Interception, and Use of Wire, Oral, and Electronic Communications), or Chapter 18B (Installation and Use of Tracking Equipment; Access to Communications) shall endorse on the search warrant the date and hour of its issuance.(c)
If a warrant is issued to search for and seize data or information contained in or on a computer, disk drive, flash drive, cellular telephone, or other electronic, communication, or data storage device, the warrant is considered to have been executed within the time allowed under Subsection (a) if the device was seized before the expiration of the time allowed. Notwithstanding any other law, any data or information contained in or on a device seized may be recovered and analyzed after the expiration of the time allowed under Subsection (a).
Source:
Article 18.07 — Days Allowed for Warrant to Run, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.18.htm#18.07 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).
