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title: "18 U.S.C. 2515 ECPA: Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications"
canonical: "https://dposchool.com/ecpa/section/2515"
source: "https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-136/t18/s2515/"
source_note: "Source: United States Code, title 18, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov), release point 119-136. The editorial and statutory notes are not reproduced. Source: United States Code, title 18, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov), release point 119-136. The editorial and statutory notes are not reproduced. Source: United States Code, title 18, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov), release point 119-136. The editorial and statutory notes are not reproduced."
text_as_of: "2026-10-22"
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publisher: "DPO School"
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18 U.S.C. 2515 ECPA · Chapter 119: WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

# 18 U.S.C. 2515 ECPA: Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications

United States Code, current through Public Law 119-136 (October 22, 2026). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

Whenever any wire or oral communication has been intercepted, no part of the contents of such communication and no evidence derived therefrom may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof if the disclosure of that information would be in violation of this chapter.

## Source

Source: United States Code, title 18, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov), release point 119-136. The editorial and statutory notes are not reproduced.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 90-351, title III, § 802 , June 19, 1968 , 82 Stat. 216 .)

[18 U.S.C. 2515 on the Office of the Law Revision Counsel](https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-136/t18/s2515/)

United States Code, current through Public Law 119-136 (October 22, 2026). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

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