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725 ILCS 5/108A-7

(725 ILCS 5/108A-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 108A-7)

Sec. 108A-7. Retention and review of recordings.

(a) The contents of any conversation overheard by any
eavesdropping device shall, if possible, be recorded on tape
or a comparable device.  The recording of the contents of a
conversation under this Article shall be done in such a way
as will protect the recording from editing or other alterations.

(b) Immediately after the expiration of the period of
the order or extension or, where the recording was made in an
emergency situation as defined in Section 108A-6, at the time of
the request for approval subsequent to the emergency, all such
recordings shall be made available to the judge issuing the
order or hearing the application for approval of an emergency application.

The judge shall listen to the tapes, determine if the conversations
thereon are within his order or were appropriately
made in emergency situations, and make a record of such determination
to be retained with the tapes.

The recordings shall be sealed under the instructions of
the judge and custody shall be where he orders.  Such recordings
shall not be destroyed except upon order of the judge hearing
the application and in any event shall be kept for 10 years
if not destroyed upon his order.

Duplicate recordings may be made for any use or disclosure
authorized by this Article.  The presence of the seal
provided for in this Section or a satisfactory explanation for the
absence thereof shall be a pre-requisite for the use or
disclosure of the contents of the recordings or any evidence derived therefrom.

(c) Applications made and orders granted under this
Article shall be sealed by the judge.  Custody of the applications
and orders shall be wherever the judge requests.
Such applications and orders shall be disclosed only upon a
showing of good cause before a judge.  Such documents shall
not be destroyed except on the order of the issuing or
denying judge or after the expiration of 10 years time if
not destroyed upon his order.

As used in this subsection, "sealed" has the same meaning as in paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Section 5 of the Court Record and Document Accessibility Act.

(Source: P.A. 103-166, eff. 1-1-24.)