                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL PROHIBITION ON PEN REGISTER AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE USE; EXCEPTIONS
(§ 19.2-70.1)

Except as provided in this section, no person may install or use a pen register
or a trap and trace device without first obtaining a court order under §
19.2-70.2.
		However, a court order shall not be required for use of a pen register or trap
and trace device by a provider of electronic or wire communication service (i)
relating to the operation, maintenance, and testing of a wire or electronic
communication service or to the protection of the rights or property of the
provider, or to the protection of users of that service from abuse of service or
unlawful use of service; (ii) to record the fact that a wire or electronic
communication was initiated or completed in order to protect such provider,
another provider furnishing service toward the completion of the wire
communication, or a user of that service, from fraudulent, unlawful or abusive
use of service; or (iii) where the consent of the user of that service has been
obtained.
		Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 889.