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1995 Edition
Compiled by: Frank Terranella, Esq., 106 Cathay Road, Clifton, N.J. 07013
©Copyright 1995, Frank Terranella
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WEST VIRGINIA:
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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
[s 15-3-2] 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.
Comment:
This law makes criminal only improper use of information heard on a radio. The mere listening to police frequencies is not outlawed as long as the information obtained is not used to obstruct police activities.