Can the police retrieve the text message?

Legal analysis: Yes. In order to investigate the case, the police have the right to retrieve mobile phone text messages and call content, that is, to take technical investigation measures, but it is strictly restricted. Only those involved in or suspected of committing crimes can be investigated, otherwise personal privacy will be violated. SMS itself can be used as evidence, but the key is whether the evidence can prove the problem to be proved and whether it has a certain proof function, or whether it should be combined with other evidence to reflect each other. When giving evidence, it is often necessary to consider whether the source of evidence is legal, whether it has probative effect, whether the evidence is related to the matter to be proved, and so on. SMS should be used as court evidence, and its authenticity needs to be proved. It is suggested to take the mobile phone and the short message above to the notary office for notarization, and ask the short message content on the mobile phone to be notarized.

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. The people's court shall investigate and collect evidence that the parties and their agents ad litem cannot collect on their own due to objective reasons, or evidence that the people's court considers necessary for hearing a case. The people's court shall comprehensively and objectively examine and verify the evidence in accordance with legal procedures.

Article 152 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Technical investigation measures must be implemented in strict accordance with the types, applicable objects and time limit of the approved measures. Investigators should keep confidential the state secrets, business secrets and personal privacy they know in the process of taking technical investigation measures; Materials irrelevant to the case obtained through technical investigation must be destroyed in time. The materials obtained by technical investigation measures can only be used for investigation, prosecution and trial of crimes, and shall not be used for other purposes. The public security organs shall take technical investigation measures according to law, and the relevant units and individuals shall cooperate with them and keep the relevant information confidential.