{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2711","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2711.","heading":"Definitions for chapter","text":"\u00a7\u202f2711.\nDefinitions for chapter\nAs used in this chapter\u2014\n(1) the terms defined in\nsection 2510 of this title\n(2) the term \u201cremote computing service\u201d means the provision to the public of computer storage or processing services by means of an electronic communications system;\n(3) the term \u201ccourt of competent jurisdiction\u201d includes\u2014\n(A) any district court of the United States (including a magistrate judge of such a court) or any United States court of appeals that\u2014\n(i) has jurisdiction over the offense being investigated;\n(ii) is in or for a district in which the provider of a wire or electronic communication service is located or in which the wire or electronic communications, records, or other information are stored; or\n(iii) is acting on a request for foreign assistance pursuant to\nsection 3512 of this title\n(B) a court of general criminal jurisdiction of a State authorized by the law of that State to issue search warrants; or\n(C) a court-martial or other proceeding under chapter 47 of title 10 (the Uniform Code of Military Justice) to which a military judge has been detailed; and\n(4) the term \u201cgovernmental entity\u201d means a department or agency of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s2711.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2711."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions for chapter","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the terms defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2510 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t18/s2510","tail":" have, respectively, the definitions given such terms in that section;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cremote computing service\u201d means the provision to the public of computer storage or processing services by means of an electronic communications system;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201ccourt of competent jurisdiction\u201d includes\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" any district court of the United States (including a magistrate judge of such a court) or any United States court of appeals that\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/3/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" has jurisdiction over the offense being investigated;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/3/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" is in or for a district in which the provider of a wire or electronic communication service is located or in which the wire or electronic communications, records, or other information are stored; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/3/A/iii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iii)"},{"t":"content","text":" is acting on a request for foreign assistance pursuant to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3512 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t18/s3512","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a court of general criminal jurisdiction of a State authorized by the law of that State to issue search warrants; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/3/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" a court-martial or other proceeding under chapter 47 of title 10 (the Uniform Code of Military Justice) to which a military judge has been detailed; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2711/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cgovernmental entity\u201d means a department or agency of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}