Stored wire communication

Stored wire communications is a wire communication which is stored in a computer storage device. Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act:


 * Stored wire communications are subject to different treatment than stored electronic communications. Generally, a search warrant, rather than a court order, is required to obtain access to the contents of a stored electronic communication. See 18 U.S.C. §2703(a). But, compliance with the more stringent requirements of §2518, including obtaining a court order, is necessary to obtain access to a stored wire communication, because § 2703 expressly applies only to stored electronic communications, and not stored wire communications.