Can cell phone text messages be used as evidence?

Hello, regarding your question, the answer is as follows, for reference only:

1. The question you asked is about the admission of evidence in civil litigation;

2. Mobile phone text messages are a new thing that has appeared in recent years. Whether they can be used as evidence in litigation is still controversial.

The key to whether it can be accepted by the court is whether the mobile phone meets the characteristics of evidence: objectivity, relevance, and legality.

Because text messages can be easily manipulated technically, and others can borrow the owner’s phone to send text messages, so in court trials, text messages cannot be directly used as evidence in the final decision, and must be discussed with the parties involved. Other relevant evidence provided is considered together.

3. In this case, the mobile phone text messages provided by Xiao Zhang and the IOU provided by Xiao Ma mutually corroborated each other, forming a complete and effective evidence chain, which can prove the fact that Xiao Zhang's debt has been repaid.

Therefore, text messages can be used as one of the evidence in this case.