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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) As used in this act:
(i) “Attorney for the state” means the attorney general or his designee, or district attorney;
(ii) “Court of competent jurisdiction” means a district court;
(iii) “Peace officer” means as defined in W.S. 7-3-701;
(iv) “Pen register” means a device which identifies on hook and off hook conditions and records or decodes electronic or other impulses which identify the numbers dialed or otherwise transmitted on the telephone line to which the device is attached, but the term does not include any device used by a provider or customer of a wire or electronic communication service for billing, or recording as an incident to billing, for communications services provided by the provider or any device used by a provider or customer of a wire communication service for cost accounting or other like purposes in the ordinary course of its business;
(v) “Trap and trace device” means a device which captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted;
(vi) “Wire communication”, “electronic communication” and “electronic communication service” have the same meanings set forth in W.S. 7-3-701;
(vii) “This act” means W.S. 7-3-801 through 7-3-806.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 7. Criminal Procedure § 7-3-801. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-7-criminal-procedure/wy-st-sect-7-3-801/
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