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urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:1317
citation: "R.S. 15:1317"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 10 › Part III"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2016, number: 308, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Application for an order for use of a cellular tracking device

A. An investigative or law enforcement officer shall not use a cellular tracking device unless either of the following occur:

(1) The investigative or law enforcement agency has obtained an order issued by a court to use the tracking instrument.

(2) Exigent circumstances exist that necessitate using the tracking instrument without first obtaining a court order.

(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.

B. An application made pursuant to this Section shall include:

(1) The identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer making the application and the identity of the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation.

(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.