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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:15:1317",
  "title_number": "15",
  "section_number": "1317",
  "citation": "R.S. 15:1317",
  "heading": "Application for an order for use of a cellular tracking device",
  "text": "A. An investigative or law enforcement officer shall not use a cellular tracking device unless either of the following occur:\n\n(1) The investigative or law enforcement agency has obtained an order issued by a court to use the tracking instrument.\n\n(2) Exigent circumstances exist that necessitate using the tracking instrument without first obtaining a court order.\n\n(3) If an investigative or law enforcement agency uses a cellular tracking device based upon the existence of exigent circumstances, the investigative or law enforcement agency shall seek to obtain an order issued by a court not later than seventy-two hours after the initial use of the cellular tracking device.\n\nB. An application made pursuant to this Section shall include:\n\n(1) The identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer making the application and the identity of the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation.\n\n(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.",
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      "number": "15",
      "name": "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "10",
      "name": "ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "PEN REGISTERS, TRAP AND TRACE DEVICES, AND CELLULAR TRACKING DEVICES"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 15 › Chapter 10 › Part III",
  "acts_citations": [
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      "act_year": 2016,
      "act_number": 308,
      "section": 2,
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      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2016, No. 308, §2.",
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