The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has revised rules on the collection of electronic data sought by means of search warrant, endeavoring to clear up any potential confusion in the language of the existing rule.

The clarification to Rule 205 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure came July 31 at the recommendation of the court's Criminal Procedural Rules Committee. The committee also recommended the revision of a comment to Rule 209.

The revision was prompted by a similar change to the commensurate federal rule on gathering electronic evidence.