47 USC § 1004 - Systems security and integrity

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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s1004"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 1004 - Systems security and integrity"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "1004"
section_name: "Systems security and integrity"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "INTERCEPTION OF DIGITAL AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "INTERCEPTION OF DIGITAL AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–414, title I, § 105, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4283.)"
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# § 1004. Systems security and integrity

A telecommunications carrier shall ensure that any interception of communications or access to call-identifying information effected within its switching premises can be activated only in accordance with a court order or other lawful authorization and with the affirmative intervention of an individual officer or employee of the carrier acting in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commission.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–414, title I, § 105, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4283.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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