Can WeChat chat records be used as evidence?

The police check WeChat. If a case is involved, they must file a case to check the chat record of WeChat. The public security department has the right to investigate. Individuals have not violated any laws, and anyone who views WeChat records will be suspected of infringing on the privacy of others. Public security organs can only investigate suspects after filing a case according to law. Otherwise, it is illegal law enforcement. You can check it as long as it takes. The functions realized by WeChat software are all realized by background program code. As a WeChat user, deleted chat records will remain in the software background. In general, we will not involve calling background data. However, if it is used for case investigation, general criminal police units have mobile phone data acquisition devices, which can not only find deleted records, but also repair deleted records. The length of fragment repair depends on the time and frequency of record deletion. If the case level is quite high, how long can you check the chat history? You can go to Tencent's backstage to inquire. Although the procedure is cumbersome, it can be obtained.

Legal basis:

Paragraph 2 of Article 116 of Judicial Interpretation of Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) refers to information formed or stored in electronic media by means of e-mail, electronic data exchange, online chat records, blogs, Weibo, mobile phone short messages, electronic signatures and domain names. Chat record belongs to online chat record, which obviously belongs to a kind of electronic data.

The electronic data stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 63 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is a kind of evidence. Therefore, the chat record has legal effect and can be used as evidence.