{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3117","title_num":"18","num":"§ 3117.","heading":"Mobile tracking devices","status":null,"guid":"idbe5a5696-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 99–508, title I, § 108(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1858.)","seq_in_title":1015,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch205","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII","level":"part","num":"PART II—","heading":"CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch205","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 205—","heading":"SEARCHES AND SEIZURES","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id7535c232-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3117\"><num value=\"3117\">§ 3117.</num><heading> Mobile tracking devices</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id7535c233-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3117/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>If a court is empowered to issue a warrant or other order for the installation of a mobile tracking device, such order may authorize the use of that device within the jurisdiction of the court, and outside that jurisdiction if the device is installed in that jurisdiction.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id7535c234-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3117/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Definition</inline>.—</heading><content>As used in this section, the term “tracking device” means an electronic or mechanical device which permits the tracking of the movement of a person or object.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id7535c235-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/508/tI/s108/a\">Pub. L. 99–508, title I, § 108(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1986-10-21\">Oct. 21, 1986</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/100/1858\">100 Stat. 1858</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id7535c236-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id7535c237-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id7535c238-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Another section 3117 was renumbered <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3118\">section 3118 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id7535c239-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id7535c23a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective 90 days after <date date=\"1986-10-21\">Oct. 21, 1986</date>, and, in case of conduct pursuant to court order or extension, applicable only with respect to court orders and extensions made after such date, with special rule for State authorizations of interceptions, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/508/s111\">section 111 of Pub. L. 99–508</ref>, set out as an Effective Date of 1986 Amendment note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s2510\">section 2510 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}