2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 57 - Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance
5772 - Application for an order for use of certain devices.

     § 5772.  Application for an order for use of certain devices.
        (a)  Application.--The Attorney General or a deputy attorney
     general designated in writing by the Attorney General or a
     district attorney or an assistant district attorney designated
     in writing by the district attorney may make application for an
     order or an extension of an order under section 5773 (relating
     to issuance of an order for use of certain devices) authorizing
     or approving the installation and use of a pen register, a trap
     and trace device or a telecommunication identification
     interception device under this subchapter, in writing, under
     oath or equivalent affirmation, to a court of common pleas or to
     any Superior Court judge when an application for an order
     authorizing interception of wire or electronic communications is
     or has been made for the targeted telephone or another
     application for interception under this subchapter has been made
     involving the same investigation.
        (b)  Contents of application.--An application under
     subsection (a) shall include:
            (1)  The identity and authority of the attorney making
        the application and the identity of the investigative or law
        enforcement agency conducting the investigation.
            (2)  A certification by the applicant that the
        information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing
        criminal investigation being conducted by that agency.
            (3)  An affidavit by an investigative or law enforcement
        officer which establishes probable cause for the issuance of
        an order or extension of an order under section 5773.
     (Feb. 18, 1998, P.L.102, No.19, eff. imd.)

        1998 Amendment.  Act 19 amended the section heading and
     subsec. (a).
        Cross References.  Section 5772 is referred to in section
     5773 of this title.