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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="10-4A-06" title_number="10" title_name="Evidence" subtitle_number="4A" subtitle_name="Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Adverse result” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Endangering the life or physical safety of an individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Flight from prosecution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Destruction of or tampering with evidence;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Intimidation of potential witnesses; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Otherwise seriously jeopardizing an investigation or unduly delaying a trial.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Supervisory official” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Secretary or Deputy Secretary of State Police;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The chief of police, deputy chief of police, or equivalent official of a law enforcement agency of any political subdivision of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Attorney General of the State or a Deputy Attorney General;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The State Prosecutor or Deputy State Prosecutor; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A State’s Attorney or Deputy State’s Attorney.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An investigative or law enforcement officer acting under § 10–4A–04 of this subtitle may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a court order is sought, include in the application a request for an order delaying the notification required under § 10–4A–05 of this subtitle for a period not to exceed 90 days, which the court shall grant, if the court determines that there is reason to believe that notification of the existence of the court order may have an adverse result; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a subpoena issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or a grand jury subpoena is obtained, delay the notification required under § 10–4A–05 of this subtitle for a period not to exceed 90 days, upon the execution of a written certification to a court of competent jurisdiction by a supervisory official that there is reason to believe that notification of the existence of the subpoena may have an adverse result.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The investigative or law enforcement officer shall maintain a true copy of a certification executed under subsection (b)(2) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Extensions of a delay in notification may be granted by the court upon application or by certification by a supervisory official under subsection (b) of this section. An extension may not exceed 90 days.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Upon expiration of the period of a delay of notification under subsection (b) or (d) of this section, the investigative or law enforcement officer shall serve upon, or deliver by registered or first–class mail, to the customer or subscriber a copy of the process or request together with a notice that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>States with reasonable specificity the nature of the law enforcement inquiry; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Informs the customer or subscriber:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>That information maintained for the customer or subscriber by the service provider named in the process or request was supplied to or requested by that investigative or law enforcement officer and the date on which the information was supplied or the request was made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>That notification of the customer or subscriber was delayed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Of the identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer or court that made the certification or determination authorizing the delay; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Of the statutory authority for the delay.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If notice to the subscriber is not required under § 10–4A–04(b)(1) of this subtitle or if notice is delayed under subsection (b) or (d) of this section, an investigative or law enforcement officer acting under § 10–4A–04 of this subtitle may apply to a court for an order requiring a provider of electronic communications service or remote computing service to whom a warrant, subpoena, or court order is directed, for such period as the court deems appropriate, not to notify any other person of the existence of the warrant, subpoena, or court order. The court shall enter an order under this subsection if the court determines that there is reason to believe that notification of the existence of the warrant, subpoena, or court order will have an adverse result.</text>
  </level>
</section>
