Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 3126: Reports concerning pen registers and trap and trace devices

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute requires reporting on pen registers and trap-and-trace devices used in investigations, including order details, facilities affected, agencies involved, and persons authorizing the surveillance technology.

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the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; the offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order; the number of investigations involved; the number and nature of the facilities affected; and the identity, including district, of the applying investigative or law enforcement agency making the application and the person authorizing the order. the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; the offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order; the number of investigations involved; the number and nature of the facilities affected; the identity of the applying investigative or law enforcement agency making the application for an order; and the specific persons authorizing the use of the DCS 1000 program (or any subsequent version of such program) in the implementation of such order.”

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