NC 15A-263. - NC 15A-263.

§ 15A-263. Issuance of order for pen register or trap and trace device. (a) In General. - Following application made under G.S. 15A-262, a superior court judge may enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register or a trap and trace device within the State if the judge finds: (1) That there is reasonable suspicion to believe that a felony offense, or a Class A1 or Class 1 misdemeanor offense has been committed; (2) That there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person named or described in the affidavit committed the offense, if that person is known and can be named or described; and (3) That the results of procedures involving pen registers or trap and trace devices will be of material aid in determining whether the person named in the affidavit commit...