Can the court retrieve the text message?

Legal analysis: the court can retrieve the content of short messages. In order to investigate this case, we can investigate and collect evidence through all legal judicial procedures and methods. SMS information belongs to "electronic data evidence", which belongs to the scope of evidence and can be retrieved according to law. The court can also retrieve chat records. The parties have the responsibility to provide evidence for their claims. Evidence that the parties and their agents ad litem cannot collect by themselves due to objective reasons, or evidence that the people's court considers necessary for hearing a case.

Legal basis: Article 64 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the parties have the responsibility to provide evidence of their own claims. Evidence that the parties and their agents ad litem cannot collect by themselves due to objective reasons, or evidence that the people's court considers necessary for hearing a case.