California Penal Code ARTICLE 7 - Interruption of Communication

• Section 11470.
  For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Communication service” means any communication service that interconnects with the public switched telephone...
• Section 11471.
  (a) Except as authorized by this article, no government entity, and no service provider acting at the request of a government entity, shall interrupt a communication...
• Section 11472.
  (a) An application by a government entity for a court order authorizing the interruption of a communication service shall be made in writing upon the personal...
• Section 11473.
  Upon application made under Section 11472, the judicial officer may enter an ex parte order, as requested or modified, authorizing interruption of a communication service...
• Section 11474.
  An order authorizing an interruption of a communication service shall include all of the following:(a) A statement of the court’s findings required by Section 11473.(b) A clear...
• Section 11475.
  A government entity that interrupts a communication service pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 11471 shall take all of the following steps:(a) Apply...
• Section 11476.
  (a) If an order issued pursuant to Section 11473 or a signed statement of intent prepared pursuant to Section 11475 would authorize the interruption of a...
• Section 11477.
  If an order issued pursuant to Section 11473 or a signed statement of intent prepared pursuant to Section 11475 is not governed by Section 11476,...
• Section 11478.
  (a) Good faith reliance by a service provider on a court order issued pursuant to Section 11473, a signed statement of intent prepared pursuant to Section...
• Section 11479.
  (a) A person whose communication service has been interrupted pursuant to this article may petition the superior court to contest the grounds for the interruption and...
• Section 11480.
  The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring that California users of any communication service not have that service interrupted, and thereby be deprived of 911...
• Section 11481.
  (a) This article does not apply to any of the following actions:(1) The interruption of a communication service with the consent of the affected customer.(2) The interruption of...
• Section 11482.
  This article does not restrict, expand, or otherwise modify the authority of the Public Utilities Commission.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 322, Sec. 1. (AB 1034)...

Last modified: October 22, 2018