2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 7 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 3 - FUGITIVES AND PREVENTION OF CRIME
7-3-804. Issuance of an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device.

(a) Upon an application made under W.S. 7-3-803, the court shall enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device within the state if the court finds that the attorney for the state has certified to the court that the information likely to be obtained by such installation and use is relevant to an ongoing investigation of a violation of the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971.

(b) An order issued under this section:

(i) Shall specify:

(A) The identity, if known, of the person to whom is leased or in whose name is listed the telephone line to which the pen register or trap and trace device is to be attached;

(B) The identity, if known, of the person who is the subject of the criminal investigation;

(C) The number and, if known, physical location of the telephone line to which the pen register or trap and trace device is to be attached and, in the case of a trap and trace device, the geographic limits of the trap and trace order; and

(D) A statement of the offense to which the information likely to be obtained by the pen register or trap and trace device relates.

(ii) Shall direct, upon the request of the applicant, the furnishing of information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation of the pen register or trap and trace device under W.S. 7-3-805.

(c) An order issued under this section shall authorize the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. Extensions of the order may be granted, but only upon an application for an extension meeting the requirements of W.S. 7-3-803 and upon the judicial finding required by subsection (a) of this section. Each period of extension shall be for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days.

(d) An order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device shall direct that:

(i) The order be sealed until otherwise ordered by the court; and

(ii) The person owning or leasing the line to which the pen register or a trap and trace device is attached, or who has been ordered by the court to provide assistance to the applicant, not disclose the existence of the pen register or trap and trace device or the existence of the investigation to the listed subscriber, or to any other person, unless or until otherwise ordered by the court.