NJSA 2C:33-21

Use of information intercepted from police, fire or emergency medical communications system

Any person who intercepts any message or transmission made on or over any police, fire or emergency medical communications system, or any person who is the recipient of information so intercepted, and who uses the information obtained thereby to facilitate the commission of or the attempt to commit a crime, or a violation of any law of this State, or uses the same in a manner which interferes with the discharge of police operations, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.

NJSA 2C:33-22

Possession of radio capable of receiving transmission from police, fire or emergency medical communication system

Any person who, in the course of committing or attempting to commit a crime, including the immediate flight therefrom, possesses or controls a radio capable of receiving any message or transmission made on or over any police, fire or emergency medical communications system, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.

NJSA 2C:33-23

Radar devices used to monitor vehicular speed not considered police, fire or emergency medical communications system

For purposes of NJSA 2C:33-21 and 22, the term "police, fire or emergency medical communications system" shall not include radar devices used to monitor vehicular speed.

Comment:

The statutes above were enacted on January 18, 1992 and replaced the former NJSA 2A:127-4, which has been repealed.  They make it illegal to use a scanner in the commission of a crime or in violation of any law.  The former statute had made the mere possession of a scanner in an automobile a crime.