---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.20004"
title: "47"
number: "1.20004"
heading: "Maintaining secure and accurate records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.20004"
---

# §1.20004. Maintaining secure and accurate records.

- (a) A telecommunications carrier shall maintain a secure and accurate record of each interception of communications or access to call-identifying information, made with or without appropriate authorization, in the form of single certification.
  - (1) This certification must include, at a minimum, the following information:
    - (i) The telephone number(s) and/or circuit identification numbers involved;
    - (ii) The start date and time that the carrier enables the interception of communications or access to call identifying information;
    - (iii) The identity of the law enforcement officer presenting the authorization;
    - (iv) The name of the person signing the appropriate legal authorization;
    - (v) The type of interception of communications or access to call-identifying information (e.g., pen register, trap and trace, Title III, FISA); and
    - (vi) The name of the telecommunications carriers' personnel who is responsible for overseeing the interception of communication or access to call-identifying information and who is acting in accordance with the carriers' policies established under [§ 1.20003](/cfr/47/1.20003.md).
  - (2) This certification must be signed by the individual who is responsible for overseeing the interception of communications or access to call-identifying information and who is acting in accordance with the telecommunications carrier's policies established under [§ 1.20003](/cfr/47/1.20003.md). This individual will, by his/her signature, certify that the record is complete and accurate.
  - (3) This certification must be compiled either contemporaneously with, or within a reasonable period of time after the initiation of the interception of the communications or access to call-identifying information.
  - (4) A telecommunications carrier may satisfy the obligations of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section by requiring the individual who is responsible for overseeing the interception of communication or access to call-identifying information and who is acting in accordance with the carriers' policies established under [§ 1.20003](/cfr/47/1.20003.md) to sign the certification and append the appropriate legal authorization and any extensions that have been granted. This form of certification must at a minimum include all of the information listed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (b) A telecommunications carrier shall maintain the secure and accurate records set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section for a reasonable period of time as determined by the carrier.
- (c) **It is the telecommunications carrier's responsibility to ensure its records are complete and accurate.**
- (d) Violation of this rule is subject to the penalties of [§ 1.20008](/cfr/47/1.20008.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 38108, July 5, 2006]

### Source

Source: 71 FR 38108, July 5, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 38108, July 5, 2006]