2018 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12-5.1 Interception of Wire and Oral Communications
Section 12-5.1-9 Return of inventory.
§ 12-5.1-9. Return of inventory.
(a) Within a reasonable time but not later than ninety (90) days after the termination of the period of the order or of extensions of the order, the presiding justice of the superior court shall cause to be served on the person named in the order or application, and any other parties to the intercepted communications that the presiding justice of the superior court may determine in his or her direction to be in the interest of justice, an inventory which shall include:
(1) Notice of the entry of the order or the application for a denied order of approval;
(2) The date of the entry of the order or the denial of the application for an order of approval;
(3) The period of authorized, approved or disapproved interception;
(4) The fact that during the period wire, electronic, or oral communications were or were not intercepted.
(b) The judge, upon the filing of a motion, may in his or her discretion make available to the person or the person's counsel for inspection any portions of the intercepted communications, applications, and orders that the judge determines to be in the interest of justice. On an ex parte showing of good cause to the judge, the serving of the inventory required by this section may be postponed.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1969, ch. 55, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 167, § 2.)
