TITLE 12

Criminal Procedure

CHAPTER 12-5.1

Interception of Wire and Oral Communications

SECTION 12-5.1-5



   § 12-5.1-5  Form and content of orders.

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(a) Each order authorizing the interception of any wire, electronic, or oral

communication shall specify:



   (1) The identity, or a particular description of the person,

if known, whose communications are to be intercepted;



   (2) The nature and location of the communications facilities

as to which, or the place where, authority to intercept is granted;



   (3) A particular description of the type of communications

sought to be intercepted, and a statement of the particular offense to which

they relate;



   (4) The identity of the agency authorized to intercept the

communications; and



   (5) The period of time during which the interception is

authorized, including a statement as to whether or not the interception shall

automatically terminate when the described communication has been first

obtained.



   (b) No order entered under this section may authorize the

interception of any wire, electronic, or oral communication for any period

longer than is necessary to achieve the objective of the authorization, nor in

any event longer than thirty (30) days. Extensions of an order may be granted,

but only upon application for an extension made in accordance with §

12-5.1-2 and the court making the findings required by § 12-5.1-4. The

period of extension shall be no longer than the presiding justice of the

superior court deems necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was granted

and in no event for longer than thirty (30) days. Every order and extension

shall contain a provision that the authorization to intercept shall be executed

as soon as practicable, shall be conducted in such a way as to minimize the

interception of communications not otherwise subject to interception under this

chapter, and must terminate upon attainment of the authorized objective, or in

any event in thirty (30) days.



   (c) Whenever an order authorizing interception is entered

pursuant to this chapter, the order may require reports to be made to the

presiding justice of the superior court who issued the order showing what

progress has been made toward achievement of the authorized objective and the

need for continued interception. These reports shall be made at any intervals

that the presiding justice of the superior court may require.



   (d) A court order issued by a judge of competent jurisdiction

authorizing the interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication may

direct an officer, employee, or agent of any communications common carrier or

electronic communications service to provide information, facilities, and

technical assistance to the applicant attorney general or an assistant attorney

general specially designated by the attorney general or law enforcement officer

or agency who, pursuant to this chapter, is designated to intercept a wire,

electronic, or oral communication. The communications common carrier or

electronic communication service shall, if ordered, immediately furnish the

applicant attorney general or assistant attorney general specially designated

by the attorney general all information, facilities, and technical assistance

necessary to accomplish the interception unobtrusively and with a minimum of

interference with the services that the communications carrier or electronic

communication service is according the person whose communications are to be

intercepted. A communications common carrier or electronic communication

service shall furnish the information, facilities, and technical assistance at

its prevailing rate or tariffs to the applicant attorney general or assistant

attorney general specially designated by the attorney general or law

enforcement officer or agency so designated to intercept a wire, electronic, or

oral communication.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 239, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 167,

§ 2.)