---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch119"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 119"
heading: "Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch119"
sections_count: 14
---

# Chapter 119 — Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communications

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§2510. Definitions](/usc/18/2510.md)
- [§2511. Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited](/usc/18/2511.md)
- [§2512. Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices prohibited](/usc/18/2512.md)
- [§2513. Confiscation of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices](/usc/18/2513.md)
- [§2514. Repealed.](/usc/18/2514.md)
- [§2515. Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications](/usc/18/2515.md)
- [§2516. Authorization for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications](/usc/18/2516.md)
- [§2517. Authorization for disclosure and use of intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communications](/usc/18/2517.md)
- [§2518. Procedure for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications](/usc/18/2518.md)
- [§2519. Reports concerning intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communications](/usc/18/2519.md)
- [§2520. Recovery of civil damages authorized](/usc/18/2520.md)
- [§2521. Injunction against illegal interception](/usc/18/2521.md)
- [§2522. Enforcement of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act](/usc/18/2522.md)
- [§2523. Executive agreements on access to data by foreign governments](/usc/18/2523.md)