{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-188","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-188","heading":"Tampering with private communications: Class A misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of tampering with private communications when: (1) Knowing that he does not have the consent of the sender or receiver, he obtains from an employee, officer or representative of a telephone or telegraph corporation, by connivance, deception, intimidation or in any other manner, information with respect to the contents or nature of a telephonic or telegraphic communication; or (2) knowing that he does not have the consent of the sender or receiver, and being an employee, officer or representative of a telephone or telegraph corporation, he knowingly divulges to another person the contents or nature of a telephonic or telegraphic communication.\n(b) Tampering with private communications is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART XVII*. TAMPERING WITH PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS, EAVESDROPPING, VOYEURISM AND UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OF INTIMATE IMAGES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-188","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"bb083723c256575ac0170bdffa5602a33d16cb0b9955f412600f0816af6fde2a","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-187","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-189"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}