§ 12-5.1-5. Form and content of orders.
(a) Each order authorizing the interception of any wire, electronic, or oral communication
shall specify:
(1) The identity, or a particular description of the person, if known, whose communications
are to be intercepted;
(2) The nature and location of the communications facilities as to which, or the place
where, authority to intercept is granted;
(3) A particular description of the type of communications sought to be intercepted, and
a statement of the particular offense to which they relate;
(4) The identity of the agency authorized to intercept the communications; and
(5) The period of time during which the interception is authorized, including a statement
as to whether or not the interception shall automatically terminate when the described
communication has been first obtained.
(b) No order entered under this section may authorize the interception of any wire, electronic,
or oral communication for any period longer than is necessary to achieve the objective
of the authorization, nor in any event longer than thirty (30) days. Extensions of
an order may be granted, but only upon application for an extension made in accordance
with § 12-5.1-2 and the court making the findings required by § 12-5.1-4. The period of extension shall be no longer than the presiding justice of the superior
court deems necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was granted and in no event
for longer than thirty (30) days. Every order and extension shall contain a provision
that the authorization to intercept shall be executed as soon as practicable, shall
be conducted in such a way as to minimize the interception of communications not otherwise
subject to interception under this chapter, and must terminate upon attainment of
the authorized objective, or in any event in thirty (30) days.
(c) Whenever an order authorizing interception is entered pursuant to this chapter, the
order may require reports to be made to the presiding justice of the superior court
who issued the order showing what progress has been made toward achievement of the
authorized objective and the need for continued interception. These reports shall
be made at any intervals that the presiding justice of the superior court may require.
(d) A court order issued by a judge of competent jurisdiction authorizing the interception
of a wire, electronic, or oral communication may direct an officer, employee, or agent
of any communications common carrier or electronic communications service to provide
information, facilities, and technical assistance to the applicant attorney general
or an assistant attorney general specially designated by the attorney general or law
enforcement officer or agency who, pursuant to this chapter, is designated to intercept
a wire, electronic, or oral communication. The communications common carrier or electronic
communication service shall, if ordered, immediately furnish the applicant attorney
general or assistant attorney general specially designated by the attorney general
all information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the
interception unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the services that
the communications carrier or electronic communication service is according the person
whose communications are to be intercepted. A communications common carrier or electronic
communication service shall furnish the information, facilities, and technical assistance
at its prevailing rate or tariffs to the applicant attorney general or assistant attorney
general specially designated by the attorney general or law enforcement officer or
agency so designated to intercept a wire, electronic, or oral communication.