North Dakota Century Code Title 12.1. Criminal Code § 12.1-15-04. Definitions

1. “Communications common carrier” shall have the meaning prescribed for the term “common carrier” by section 8-07-01.

2. “Contents”, when used with respect to any wire or oral communication, includes any information concerning the identity of the parties to such communication or the existence, substance, purport, or meaning of that communication.

3. “Electronic, mechanical, or other device” means any device or apparatus which can be used to intercept a wire or oral communication other than:

4. “Intercept” means the aural acquisition of the contents of any wire or oral communication through the use of an electronic, mechanical, or other device, or by secretly overhearing the communication.

5. “Oral communication” means any oral communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation.

6. “Wire communication” means any communication made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wire, cable, or other like connection between the point of origin and the point of reception furnished or operated by any person engaged as a common carrier in providing or operating such facilities for the transmission of communications.