text records
walker99
Newbie
I am in a court battle where I need to prove that text messages were passed from one person to another.  If the user is a Verizon customer, how far back can the actual text messages be subpoened.  That is, how long are they saved and available for legal purposes?  HELP!
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Re: text records
mmmcheezy
Enthusiast - Level 3

If they're no longer saved to the device, they're only in the system for five days.

Either way, you will also need a subpoena.

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SMRyan
Contributor - Level 2

You can also print records from the My Verizon account showing the dates, times, origin, destination regarding the number text messaged back and forth.

 

The actual content would not be available, but the details surrounding the message are readiliy available via your My Verizon account through the My Bill > Bill Details for invoices dating back 1 year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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walker99
Newbie

Any ideas on how to possible retrieve any of this that would be over 2 years old? 

 

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SMRyan
Contributor - Level 2

Unless it is saved on the device, there is no way to retrieve this information. The only way I could possibly think of would be thorugh a police report that would then require a subpoena to be filed on your line to retrieve any archived information on VZW's end.

 

 

 


Regards

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triangel
Newbie

Hi - ok, I realize that I need a subpoena to get the content of past text messages.  My question is - how long is the content saved for?

If I go through the cost/time to get a subpoena for the text records, how can I be sure that I will any?  I have read that they are only

stored on Verizon's server for 5 days if they are deleted from the device?  Is that true or are they stored indefinetely to be available

by subpoena?

 

Thank you!!

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DaniLove13
Contributor - Level 3
Message content is only stored for 3-5 days. Anything older than that is lost.
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sir_real
Newbie
Is there a way to un-delete them on the phone?
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iPhonelove
Specialist - Level 1
Once messages are deleted they cannot be restored. 
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