{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-288","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-288","heading":"Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices prohibited.","body":"(a)\tExcept as otherwise specifically provided in this Article, a person is guilty of a Class H felony if the person:\n(1)\tManufactures, assembles, possesses, purchases, or sells any electronic, mechanical, or other device, knowing or having reason to know that the design of the device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications; or\n(2)\tPlaces in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication, any advertisement of:\na.\tAny electronic, mechanical, or other device knowing or having reason to know that the design of the device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications; or\nb.\tAny other electronic, mechanical, or other device where the advertisement promotes the use of the device for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications.\n(b)\tIt is not unlawful under this section for the following persons to manufacture, assemble, possess, purchase, or sell any electronic, mechanical, or other device, knowing or having reason to know that the design of the device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications:\n(1)\tA communications common carrier or an officer, agent, or employee of, or a person under contract with, a communications common carrier, acting in the normal course of the communications common carrier's business, or\n(2)\tAn officer, agent, or employee of, or a person under contract with, the State, acting in the course of the activities of the State, and with the written authorization of the Attorney General.\n(c)\tAn officer, agent, or employee of, or a person whose normal and customary business is to design, manufacture, assemble, advertise and sell electronic, mechanical and other devices primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interceptions of wire, oral, or electronic communications, exclusively for and restricted to State and federal investigative or law enforcement agencies and departments. (1995, c. 407, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 15A. Criminal Procedure Act.","SUBCHAPTER II. LAW-ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES.","Article 16. Electronic Surveillance."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_15A/GS_15A-288.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:42Z","sha256":"bac3750fccee288113a5f580f83f34ecb90e49b0d59ae04e79dcedff13cc407a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-287","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-15a-289"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}