{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-23-555","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 23-555","heading":"Reports concerning intercepted wire or oral communications.","body":"(a)\nWithin thirty days after the expiration of an order or an extension entered under section 23-547 or 23-548 or the denial of an order of approval, the issuing or denying court shall report to the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals —\n(1)\nthat an order or extension was applied for;\n(2)\nthe kind of order or extension applied for;\n(3)\nif the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied;\n(4)\nthe period of the interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order;\n(5)\nthe offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order;\n(6)\nthe identity of the applying investigative or law enforcement officer, the agency making the application, and the person authorizing the application; and\n(7)\nthe character and location of the facilities from which and the place where communications were (and were to be) intercepted.\n\n(b)\nIn January of each year the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia shall report to the Congress of the United States and the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals —\n(1)\nthe information required by paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) of this section with respect to each application for an order or extension made during the immediately preceding calendar year;\n(2)\na general description of the interceptions made under such order or extension, including —\n(A)\nthe approximate character and frequency of incriminating communications intercepted;\n(B)\nthe approximate character and frequency of other communications intercepted;\n(C)\nthe approximate number of persons whose communications were intercepted; and\n(D)\nthe approximate character, amount, and cost of the manpower and other resources used in the interceptions;\n(3)\nthe number of arrests resulting from interceptions made under such order or extension;\n(4)\nthe offenses for which the arrests were made;\n(5)\nthe number of trials resulting from such interceptions;\n(6)\nthe number of motions to suppress made with respect to such interceptions;\n(7)\nthe number of motions to suppress granted or denied;\n(8)\nthe number of convictions resulting from such interceptions;\n(9)\nthe offenses for which the convictions were obtained;\n(10)\na general assessment of the importance of the interceptions; and\n(11)\nfor purposes of comparison, the information required by paragraphs (2) through (10) of this subsection with respect to orders and extensions obtained in other preceding calendar years.\n\n(c)\nReports made pursuant to the section shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the Administration Office of the United States Courts under section 2519(3) of Title 18, United States Code.","path":["Title 23. Criminal Procedure. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. Warrants and Arrests.","Subchapter III. Wire Interception and Interception of Oral Communications."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/23-555","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0e85a137e9d33b66e4515f5ec9175e2de297b7549bf939a958480b705f14e00a","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-23-554","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-23-556"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}