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West Virginia Scanner Law
Original source: West Virginia State Code Online - 2001
15-3-5. Use of information obtained by interceptions of transmissions on
Department of Public Safety communications system forbidden; penalties.
No person shall intercept any message or transmission made on or over
any communications system established by the Department of Public Safety
and use the information obtained thereby to aid, abet or assist in
committing a crime, or in violating any law of this state, or use the same
in a manner which will interfere with the discharge of the Department's
operations.
Any person who violates any provision of this Section or of Section
two of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to confinement in the county jail for a period
not to exceed one year or by a fine of an amount not to exceed five
hundred dollars or by both such confinement and fine in the discretion of
the court.
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Retranscribed by: Todd L. Sherman/KB4MHH
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