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Legal Templates

The legal templates contained in this section are intended for criminal justice practitioners and have been provided by the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), a division of the United States Department of Justice. There are over 100 available templates to assist practitioners in the investigation and prosecution of high-tech crime cases. In order to access these templates, you must be a criminal justice practitioner and logged in.

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Electronic Evidence

Applications and Orders

Go-By for Non-Content

Go-By for Content and Non-Content Delay

Go-By for Content and Non-Content No Delay

Certificate of Authenticity of Business Records

Business Record Affidavit

Consent Forms

AOL Consent form

Blizzard User Consent form

MetroPCS Consent form

Microsoft Consent form

MySpace Consent form

Cost Reimbursement

Request for Additional Details

Response to Request for Preservation of Preservation Costs

Section 2706 Cost Reimbursement Guidance

Emergency Disclosure Requests

1&1 Internet

Amazon Law Enforcement Guidelines

AOL Guide

Apple Emergency Disclosure Request for Law Enforcement

Backpage LE Guide

BlackBerry EMTek Transition Notice

Blizzard

Carbonite LE Guide

Clearwire Emergency Disclosure form

Comcast Emergency Disclosure form

Couchsurfing LE Guide

Cricket Exigent Circumstances form

Data Breach Legislation

Deluxe LE Guide

Dropbox LE Handbook

EarthLink Emergency Request form

Endurance International Group

FB Secret Conversations whitepaper

First Data LE Guide

Five9 Inc

GCI LE Guide

Google Emergency Disclosure Request

IAC InterActive Corp Contact List

Level3 LE Contacts

LinkedIn EDR

MeetMe Legal Request Compliance Guide

MeetMe Group

MetroPCS Exigent Form

Microsoft LE Guide

MoneyGram US LE Reference Guide

MySpace Emergency Disclosure

Neustar Emergency Disclosure

Nsight Exigent Circumstances form

PayPal LE Guide

Photobucket LE Guide

Pinger Inc LE Guide

Snapchat LE Guide

Sprint

Subsentio

TDS Exigent form

TextNow Emergency Disclosure Request

TextPlus Online LE Guide

TMobile Exigent Circumstances

TracFone PagePlus LE Guide

US Cellular Exigent Circumstances form

Verizon Communications

ViaSat LE Guide

Vonage LE Guide

VSAT

Wave Emergency Situation Disclosure Request

WhatsApp EDR

Windstream

WOW LE Guide

Yahoo Emergency Disclosure form

Nondisclosure and Delay Notice

Delayed Notice

Extending Delayed Notice

Certification by Supervisory Official

Delayed Notice to Subscriber

Prior Notice to Subscriber

Nondisclosure Application

Generic

Non-Disclosure by School

Preservation Requests

Cell Phone Preservation Request

Extension Request

Standard Preservation Request

Consent Forms

Apple ID and iCloud Search Warrant

Cell Phone Account Search Warrant

E-mail Account Search Warrant

Facebook Search Warrant

Generic ECPA Search Warrant

Instagram Search Warrant

Online File Storage ECPA Warrant

Twitter Search Warrant

Web Site Search Warrant

Subpoenas

Subpoena Go-By for Basic Subscriber Information

Subpoena Go-By for Content and Basic Subscriber Information

Location Information

Cell-site Simulator Canvassing

Cell-site Simulator Locating

Historical ’Tower Dump’ data for Cell Towers

Historical Cell-Site Data for Phones Search Warrant

Historical Cell-Site Data for Phones

Locating a Wi-Fi Device

Prospective Cell-Site Data

Prospective Phone-Location Data

Witness Consent Form for Data Useage

Pen-Trap Orders

Broadband Internet Data for Cell Phones

Cell Phone With Cost Cut-Through Dialed Digits

Cell Phone Without Cost Cut-Through

Domain Name

IP Address

Residential Broadband

Subscriber

VOIP With Cost Cut-Through Dialed Digits

VOIP Without Cost Cut-Through

Search Warrants

Android All Writs Act Order

Apple Touch ID Search Warrant

Electronic Device Search Warrant

iPhone All Writs Act Order

Premise Search Warrant

Tracking Devices

Application for a Tracking Warrant

Order Requiring Assistance in Executing a Tracking Warrant

Tracking Warrant

Vehicle Tracking

Wiretap Orders

Affidavit for Interception of Internet Traffic From a Particular IP Address

Server Location in a Co-Location Facility

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Model Policy for Seizing Cryptocurrencies

The purpose of this model policy is to provide law enforcement officers with guidelines for the seizure of virtual and crypto currencies in a forensically sound manner. This document also contains definitions to terms and technology that officers need to be familiar with in order to successfully investigate cases involving these types of currencies.

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Model Cryptocurrency Policy

Law Enforcement Cyber Alerts

Surespot Encrypted Messenger

After School App

Pokemon Go