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WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (2012) Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited :: Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure :: 2012 US Code :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia
Justia US Law US Codes and Statutes US Code 2012 US Code Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure Part I - CRIMES (§§ 1 - 2725) Chapter 119 - WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (§§ 2510 - 2522) Section 2511 - Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited
Sec. 2511 - Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited
Source Credit Added Pub. L. 90-351, title III, §802, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 213; amended Pub. L. 91-358, title II, §211(a), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 95-511, title II, §201(a)-(c), Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1796, 1797; Pub. L. 98-549, §6(b)(2), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2804; Pub. L. 99-508, title I, §§101(b), (c)(1), (5), (6), (d), (f)[(1)], 102, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1849, 1851-1853; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII, §320901, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2123, 2147; Pub. L. 103-414, title II, §§202(b), 204, 205, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4290, 4291; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, §604(b)(42), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3509; Pub. L. 107-56, title II, §§204, 217(2), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 281, 291; Pub. L. 107-296, title II, §225(h)(2), (j)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2158; Pub. L. 110-261, title I, §§101(c)(1), 102(c)(1), title IV, §403(b)(2)(C), July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2459, 2474.
Statutes at Large References 82 Stat. 213
84 Stat. 654
92 Stat. 1796, 1783
98 Stat. 2804
100 Stat. 1849
108 Stat. 2123, 4290
115 Stat. 281
122 Stat. 2459, 2474
126 Stat. 1631
Public Law References Public Law 90-351, Public Law 91-358, Public Law 95-511, Public Law 98-549, Public Law 99-508, Public Law 103-322, Public Law 103-414, Public Law 104-294, Public Law 107-56, Public Law 107-296, Public Law 110-261, Public Law 112-238
WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (2012)
Pub. L. 110–261, title IV, §403(b)(2), July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2474, as amended by Pub. L. 112–238, §2(a)(2), Dec. 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 1631, provided that, except as provided in section 404 of Pub. L. 110–261, set out as a note under section 1801 of Title 50, War and National Defense, effective Dec. 31, 2017, paragraph (2)(a)(ii)(A) of this section is amended by striking “or a court order pursuant to section 704 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978”.
1996—Par. (1)(e)(i). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “sections 2511(2)(a)(ii), 2511(2)(b)–(c), 2511(2)(e), 2516, and 2518 of this chapter” for “sections 2511(2)(A)(ii), 2511(b)–(c), 2511(e), 2516, and 2518 of this subchapter”.
1994—Par. (1)(e). Pub. L. 103–322, §320901, added par. (1)(e).
Par. (2)(a)(i). Pub. L. 103–414, §205, inserted “or electronic” after “transmission of a wire”.
Par. (4)(b). Pub. L. 103–414, §204, in introductory provisions substituted “, encrypted, or transmitted using modulation techniques the essential parameters of which have been withheld from the public with the intention of preserving the privacy of such communication, then” for “or encrypted, then”.
Par. (4)(b)(i). Pub. L. 103–414, §202(b)(1), inserted “a cordless telephone communication that is transmitted between the cordless telephone handset and the base unit,” after “cellular telephone communication,”.
Par. (4)(b)(ii). Pub. L. 103–414, §202(b)(2), inserted “a cordless telephone communication that is transmitted between the cordless telephone handset and the base unit,” after “cellular telephone communication,”.
Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(G), substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.
1986—Pub. L. 99–508, §101(c)(1)(A), substituted “wire, oral, or electronic” for “wire or oral” in section catchline.
Par. (1). Pub. L. 99–508, §101(c)(1)(A), (d)(1), (f)[(1)], substituted “intentionally” for “willfully” in subpars. (a) to (d) and “wire, oral, or electronic’ for “wire or oral” wherever appearing in subpars. (a), (c), and (d), and in concluding provisions substituted “shall be punished as provided in subsection (4) or shall be subject to suit as provided in subsection (5)” for “shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both”.
Par. (2)(a)(i). Pub. L. 99–508, §101(c)(5), substituted “a provider of wire or electronic communication service” for “any communication common carrier” and “of the provider of that service, except that a provider of wire communication service to the public” for “of the carrier of such communication: Provided, That said communication common carriers”.
Par. (2)(a)(ii). Pub. L. 99–508, §101(b)(1), (c)(1)(A), (6), substituted “providers of wire or electronic communication service” for “communication common carriers”, “wire, oral, or electronic” for “wire or oral”, “if such provider” for “if the common carrier”, “provider of wire or electronic communication service” for “communication common carrier” wherever appearing, “such disclosure” for “violation of this subparagraph by a communication common carrier or an officer, employee, or agent thereof”, “render such person liable” for “render the carrier liable”, and “a court order or certification under this chapter” for “an order or certification under this subparagraph” in two places.
Par. (2)(b). Pub. L. 99–508, §101(c)(1)(B), inserted “or electronic” after “wire”.
Par. (2)(c). Pub. L. 99–508, §101(c)(1)(A), substituted “wire, oral, or electronic” for “wire or oral”.
Par. (2)(d). Pub. L. 99–508, §101(b)(2), (c)(1)(A), substituted “wire, oral, or electronic” for “wire or oral” and struck out “or for the purpose of committing any other injurious act” after “of any State”.
Par. (2)(f). Pub. L. 99–508, §101(b)(3), inserted “or chapter 121” in two places and substituted “foreign communications, or foreign intelligence activities conducted in accordance with otherwise applicable Federal law involving a foreign electronic communications system, utilizing a means” for “foreign communications by a means”.
1984—Par. (2)(e). Pub. L. 98–549, §6(b)(2)(A), substituted “section 705 or 706” for “section 605 or 606”.
Par. (2)(f). Pub. L. 98–549, §6(b)(2)(B), substituted “section 705” for “section 605”.
1978—Par. (2)(a)(ii). Pub. L. 95–511, §201(a), substituted provisions authorizing communication common carriers etc., to provide information to designated persons, prohibiting disclosure of intercepted information, and rendering violators civilly liable for provision exempting communication common carriers from criminality for giving information to designated officers.
1970—Par. (2)(a). Pub. L. 91–358 designated existing provisions as cl. (i) and added cl. (ii).
Pub. L. 110–261, title IV, §403(b)(2), July 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 2474, as amended by Pub. L. 112–238, §2(a)(2), Dec. 30, 2012, 126 Stat. 1631, provided that, except as provided in section 404 of Pub. L. 110–261, set out as a Transition Procedures note under section 1801 of Title 50, War and National Defense, the amendments made by section 403(b)(2) are effective Dec. 31, 2017.