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CPL 705.10 · Article 705. Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices

Orders authorizing the use of a pen register or a trap and trace device; when issuable

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§ 705.10 Orders authorizing the use of a pen register or a trap and trace device; when issuable.

An order authorizing the use of a pen register or a trap and trace device may issue only:

1. Upon an appropriate application made in conformity with this article; and

2. Upon a determination that an application sets forth specific, articulable facts, warranting the applicant's reasonable suspicion that a designated crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed and demonstrating that the information likely to be obtained by use of a pen register or trap and trace device is or will be relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation of such designated crime.

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