Can the police summon text messages?

Legal analysis: SMS can summon the parties. According to the newly promulgated and implemented "Procedures for Public Security Organs to Handle Administrative Cases", when a public security organ summons a suspect who violates the law, it shall inform the summoned person of the reasons and basis for summoning, and at the same time, it shall notify the family members of the summoned person by SMS, fax and telephone. For those who refuse to accept or evade the summons without justifiable reasons, and other offenders who can be summoned according to law, they can be summoned by force. When forced to summon, you can use binding police equipment such as handcuffs and police ropes according to law.

Legal basis: Article 25 of the Procedures for Handling Administrative Cases by Public Security Organs. When a public security organ summons a suspect who violates the law, it shall inform the summoned person of the reasons and basis for the summons, and at the same time, it shall also notify the family members of the summoned person by means of text messages, faxes and telephone calls.