47 CFR §1.20004
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- (a)A telecommunications carrier shall maintain a secure and accurate record of each interception of communications or access to call-identifying information, made with or without appropriate authorization, in the form of single certification.
- (1)This certification must include, at a minimum, the following information:
- (i)The telephone number(s) and/or circuit identification numbers involved;
- (ii)The start date and time that the carrier enables the interception of communications or access to call identifying information;
- (iii)The identity of the law enforcement officer presenting the authorization;
- (iv)The name of the person signing the appropriate legal authorization;
- (v)The type of interception of communications or access to call-identifying information (e.g., pen register, trap and trace, Title III, FISA); and
- (vi)The name of the telecommunications carriers' personnel who is responsible for overseeing the interception of communication or access to call-identifying information and who is acting in accordance with the carriers' policies established under § 1.20003.
- (2)This certification must be signed by the individual who is responsible for overseeing the interception of communications or access to call-identifying information and who is acting in accordance with the telecommunications carrier's policies established under § 1.20003. This individual will, by his/her signature, certify that the record is complete and accurate.
- (3)This certification must be compiled either contemporaneously with, or within a reasonable period of time after the initiation of the interception of the communications or access to call-identifying information.
- (4)A telecommunications carrier may satisfy the obligations of paragraph (a) of this section by requiring the individual who is responsible for overseeing the interception of communication or access to call-identifying information and who is acting in accordance with the carriers' policies established under § 1.20003 to sign the certification and append the appropriate legal authorization and any extensions that have been granted. This form of certification must at a minimum include all of the information listed in paragraph (a) of this section.
- (1)This certification must include, at a minimum, the following information:
- (b)A telecommunications carrier shall maintain the secure and accurate records set forth in paragraph (a) of this section for a reasonable period of time as determined by the carrier.
- (c)It is the telecommunications carrier's responsibility to ensure its records are complete and accurate.
- (d)Violation of this rule is subject to the penalties of § 1.20008.