Facebook Account
Art. 18B, Subchapter H — Meta Platforms
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A Texas Subchapter H warrant compelling Meta Platforms to produce profile, message, and activity data tied to a specific Facebook account, from an account-identification field and date range you supply.
Property / data categories
- Contact/identity info: full name, user ID, birth date, emails, physical address, phone numbers, screen names
- Photoprints (all photos uploaded by or tagging the user, with EXIF/upload IP/location data) and Neoprints (expanded profile: News Feed, status updates, Wall posts, friend/group lists, tags)
- Private messages, Messenger data, chat and video-calling history, pending friend requests
- Check-ins and other location info; IP login logs; Like activity across and off Facebook
- Marketplace activity, saved searches, friends lists (past and present), blocked-users records
- Length/type of service and payment/billing info (including card or bank account numbers)
- Named Meta data categories: Active Sessions, Ad Topics, Facial Recognition Data, Off-Facebook activity, device attributes, device/network identifiers, and precise location data
Controlling authority
- Art. 18B.354(b) — Affidavit must show a specific offense and that the data sought is evidence of it, held by the named provider.
- Art. 18B.354(c) — Only the electronic customer data described in the affidavit may be seized — sets the scope of the property list.
- Art. 18B.351–.359 (Subchapter H) — Texas analog to the federal Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2703.
- Art. 18B.355(a) and Art. 18B.356 — Set the 11-day execution deadline and the 15-business-day provider compliance deadline.
- Art. 18B.501 — Basis for the Order of Non-Disclosure; requires a finding of an 'adverse result' from notice.
Common defects to check for before filing
- Overbreadth — the property list runs to 27 categories including facial-recognition data and precise location history; strike what your facts don't support
- Stale provider details — Meta's mailing address and guidelines have changed before and can change again
- Overbroad account identification — confirm the specific username/identifier Meta's portal will actually recognize, not just the suspect's apparent name
- Citing a specific notification-timing figure without checking it's current
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook) — service notes
- Where: Meta's Law Enforcement Online Request System at facebook.com/records — used for submission, tracking, and processing of legal process and preservation requests; requires a government-issued e-mail address to register. facebook.com/records
- Address: 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025 — verify against Meta's current published Law Enforcement Guidelines before filing, since this can change.
- What it takes: Username/Facebook account identifier and a date range (start date to end date or present); an optional prior preservation-request number.
- Timing: Execute within 11 days of issuance (Art. 18B.355(a)); provider must comply within 15 business days of service if domestic or doing business in Texas (Art. 18B.356).
- Notice: Meta's current published guidelines describe a notify-before-disclosure policy with exceptions (danger, child exploitation, emergencies, or when notice would be counterproductive). Do not cite a specific notification-timing figure without confirming it against Meta's current guidelines. Non-Disclosure Order available under Art. 18B.501.
Do not cite a specific notification-timing figure (e.g. 'seven days after receipt') without confirming it against Meta's current guidelines, which describe an exceptions-based policy rather than a fixed number.
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