{"id":12824,"date":"2023-11-12T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaltalktexas.hammerle.com\/?p=12824"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:48:47","slug":"texas-drone-law-decision-gives-you-privacy-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/legal-talk\/texas-drone-law-decision-gives-you-privacy-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Drone Law Decision Gives You Privacy Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine walking into your backyard for a little sunbathing and seeing a smallish robotic object flying 20 feet overhead and snapping pictures. Feel like your privacy has been invaded?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are right. You have just entered the twilight drone zone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t appreciate spying drones, then you will be happy to know that Texas has a law for you:\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/GV\/htm\/GV.423.htm#:~:text=(a)%20A%20person%20commits%20an,is%20a%20Class%20C%20misdemeanor.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government Code Chapter 423<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The law was on hold for years because a federal district court had ruled it unconstitutional. It was revived in October 2023 by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a landmark ruling regarding the press\u2019s right to take a drone pic of you in your pool. The press lost.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Does the New Drone Law Mean For You?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law focuses on drones that take recordings, pictures, or video. Unless the perpetrator falls under 1 of the 11 exceptions, it is illegal for him to use a drone to capture an image of private individuals or property. That picture of you in your swimsuit? Capturing the image was a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mac.harriscountytx.gov\/about-texas-misdemeanors#:~:text=Class%20C%20misdemeanors%20in%20Texas,is%20a%20Class%20C%20misdemeanor.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class C misdemeanor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Disclosing, displaying or distributing the image was a step up to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mac.harriscountytx.gov\/about-texas-misdemeanors#:~:text=Class%20B%20Misdemeanors,is%20a%20Class%20B%20misdemeanor.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Class B misdemeanor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple pics? Each image is considered a separate offense.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if the perp did not realize taking the picture was illegal? The law gives those people an out. If the perp destroys the image or stops displaying it immediately after realizing it was taken illegally, then that is a defense to the criminal case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a hard stop on using pictures taken wrongfully as evidence in court. If the images were captured in violation of the law or were images that were merely a byproduct from lawful drone use, then they cannot be used in a criminal or juvenile proceeding, a civil action, or an administrative procedure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drone Law Exceptions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s take a moment to circle back to those 11 exceptions to the law. They include professors doing professional or scholarly research for an institution of higher education, airspace authorized by the FAA, mapping by a satellite, and pictures taken with your consent. Law enforcement officers and the military are allowed to use a drone only for specified purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also an exception for public property: you have no protection from a drone taking a picture of you frolicking in a public fountain.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if your friendly law enforcement agency does not want to enforce the law? You can turn to the civil courts. The statute allows you to file suit for an injunction or recover a penalty: $5,000 for all images captured in a single episode, or $10,000 for the disclosure of the images, or actual damages if they were displayed with malice. As for recovering court costs and reasonable attorney\u2019s fees, the law cuts both ways. The court is required to award them to the \u201cprevailing party.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional Information for New Drone Law<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law also makes it illegal to operate a drone lower than 400 feet from the ground over a piece of critical infrastructure such as an electrical switching station. Drones cannot be used to make contact with any person or object within the facility or to interfere with the facility\u2019s operations. Sports venues also get some protection.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drone laws are still being sorted out. Both the federal and state government have been busy passing laws and making rules. For more insight about Chapter 423, read the statute and the Fifth Circuit opinion in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/court\/us-5th-circuit\/115333924.html\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Press Photographers Association v. McCraw<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2023 WL 6968750. That should be just the start of your research.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drones away!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hammerle Morris Can Help With Your Legal Needs<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have legal questions, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lewisville-attorney\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">schedule a consultation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get help from one of our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">experienced attorneys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorney <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/virginia-hammerle\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Hammerle<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, of <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hammerle Morris Law Firm<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is in her fifth decade of law practice. She is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and an Accredited Estate Planner. Reach her at legaltalktexas@hammerle.com. This column does not constitute legal advice.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine walking into your backyard for a little sunbathing and seeing a smallish robotic object flying 20 feet overhead and snapping pictures. Feel like your privacy has been invaded?\u00a0\u00a0 You are right. 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