Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§2515 Prohibition of Use as Evidence of Intercepted Wire or Oral Communications
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 119 — WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS › § 2515
Summary
If a phone call or spoken conversation was illegally listened to or recorded, none of what was said or any evidence from it can be used in court or government proceedings.
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Title 18, §2515
Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
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18 U.S.C. § 2515
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102