As used in this chapter:
(1) "Designated offense" means the offenses of:
(i) Murder, robbery, kidnapping, extortion, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault with intent to rob or murder;
(ii) Arson in the first degree, arson in the second degree, or arson in the third degree;
(iii) Bribery; larceny involving the receipt of stolen property of a value of more than five hundred dollars ($500);
(iv) Any violation of chapter 28 of title 21 where the offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year;
(v) Any violation of chapters 19, 47, or 51 of title 11, where the offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year;
(vi) The lending of money at a rate of interest in violation of law; and
(vii) Conspiracy to commit any of the offenses provided in this subdivision;
(2) "Pen register" means a device which 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 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;
(3) "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;
(4) "Wire communications" has the meaning set forth in § 12-5.1-1.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 283, § 1.