2013 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part II - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (§§ 3001 - 3771)
Chapter 206 - PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES (§§ 3121 - 3127)
Section 3121 - General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use; exception
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART II - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 206 - PEN REGISTERS AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES Sec. 3121 - General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use; exception |
Contains | section 3121 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 99-508, title III, §301(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1868; amended Pub. L. 103-414, title II, §207(b), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4292; Pub. L. 107-56, title II, §216(a), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 288. |
Statutes at Large References | 92 Stat. 1783 100 Stat. 1868, 1872 108 Stat. 4292 115 Stat. 288 |
Public Law References | Public Law 95-511, Public Law 99-508, Public Law 103-414, Public Law 107-56 |
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(a)
(b)
(1) relating to the operation, maintenance, and testing of a wire or electronic communication service or to the protection of the rights or property of such provider, or to the protection of users of that service from abuse of service or unlawful use of service; or
(2) to record the fact that a wire or electronic communication was initiated or completed in order to protect such provider, another provider furnishing service toward the completion of the wire communication, or a user of that service, from fraudulent, unlawful or abusive use of service; or (3) where the consent of the user of that service has been obtained.
(c)
(d)
(Added Pub. L. 99–508, title III, §301(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1868; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title II, §207(b), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4292; Pub. L. 107–56, title II, §216(a), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 288.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 95–511, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1783, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 36 (§1801 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1801 of Title 50 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS2001—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–56 inserted "or trap and trace device" after "pen register" and ", routing, addressing," after "dialing" and substituted "the processing and transmitting of wire or electronic communications so as not to include the contents of any wire or electronic communications" for "call processing".
1994—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103–414 added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
EFFECTIVE DATEPub. L. 99–508, title III, §302, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1872, provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) the day before the date of the taking effect of changes in State law required in order to make orders or installations under Federal law as amended by this title; or
"(2) the date two years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1986]."
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