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N.Y. Penal Law § 250.30: Unlawfully obtaining communications information

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title N. Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
  4. Article 250. Offenses Against the Right to Privacy

§ 250.30 Unlawfully obtaining communications information.

A person is guilty of unlawfully obtaining communications information

when, knowing that he does not have the authorization of a telephone or

telegraph corporation, he obtains or attempts to obtain, by deception,

stealth or in any other manner, from such corporation or from any

employee, officer or representative thereof:

1. Information concerning identification or location of any wires,

cables, lines, terminals or other apparatus used in furnishing telephone

or telegraph service; or

2. Information concerning a record of any communication passing over

telephone or telegraph lines of any such corporation.

Unlawfully obtaining communications information is a class B

misdemeanor.

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