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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="10-4B-03" title_number="10" title_name="Evidence" subtitle_number="4B" subtitle_name="Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An investigative or law enforcement officer may make application for an order or an extension of an order under § 10-4B-04 of this subtitle authorizing or approving the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device, in writing, under oath or equivalent affirmation, to a court of competent jurisdiction of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An application under subsection (a) of this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The identity of the State law enforcement or investigative officer making the application and the identity of the law enforcement agency conducting the investigation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A statement under oath by the applicant that the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by that agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
