Rhode Island § 12-5.1-10 § 12-5.1-10. Disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral communications.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-5.1-10 — § 12-5.1-10. Disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral communications.

Rhode Island § 12-5.1-10

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-5.1Interception of Wire and Oral Communications

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-5.1-10 (2026).

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§ 12-5.1-10. Disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral communications.
(a) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this
            chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication,
            or evidence derived from them, may disclose the contents to another investigative
            or law enforcement officer to the extent that disclosure is appropriate to the proper
            performance of the official duties of the officer making or receiving the disclosure.
         
(b) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this
            chapter, has obt

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§ 12-5.1-10. Disclosure and use of intercepted wire or oral communications.

(a) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived from them, may disclose the contents to another investigative or law enforcement officer to the extent that disclosure is appropriate to the proper performance of the official duties of the officer making or receiving the disclosure.

(b) Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication or evidence derived from them may use the contents to the extent that their use is appropriate to the proper performance of his or her official duties.

(c) Any person who has received, by any means authorized by this chapter, any information concerning a wire, electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived from them intercepted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may disclose the contents of that communication or the derivative evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any criminal proceeding in any court of the United States or of this or any other state or in any federal or state grand jury proceeding.

(d) No otherwise privileged wire, electronic, or oral communication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, the provisions of this chapter shall lose its privileged character.