§1314. Application for an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device
A. An investigative or law enforcement officer may make application for an order
or an extension of an order under R.S. 15:1315 to a court of competent jurisdiction
authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device
under this Part, in writing under oath or equivalent affirmation, to a court of competent
jurisdiction of this state. For the purposes of R.S. 15:1313 through 1316 only, "investigative
or law enforcement officer" means:
(1)Any commissioned officer of the office of state police.
(2)Any full-time commissioned city police officer of a municipality of this state.
(3)Any sheriff or a deputy sheriff of a parish of this state which has been specifically
designat
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§1314. Application for an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device
A. An investigative or law enforcement officer may make application for an order
or an extension of an order under R.S. 15:1315 to a court of competent jurisdiction
authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device
under this Part, in writing under oath or equivalent affirmation, to a court of competent
jurisdiction of this state. For the purposes of R.S. 15:1313 through 1316 only, "investigative
or law enforcement officer" means:
(1) Any commissioned officer of the office of state police.
(2) Any full-time commissioned city police officer of a municipality of this state.
(3) Any sheriff or a deputy sheriff of a parish of this state which has been specifically
designated by the sheriff of that parish as responsible for preparation of applications for
installation and use of pen register or trap and trace devices.
(4) The attorney general or an attorney general's investigator who has been
specifically designated by the attorney general as responsible for preparation of applications
for installation and use of pen register or trap and trace devices.
B. An application made pursuant to this Section shall include:
(1) The identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer making the
application and the identity of the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation.
(2) A certification by the applicant attesting that the information sought is relevant
to an ongoing felony criminal investigation being conducted by that agency, and includes in
that certification a recital of facts or information constituting the reasonable suspicion upon
which the application is based.
(3) A certification by the appropriate agency head that he has reviewed the
application and approves the use of the pen register or trap and trace device for that
investigation.