{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-397","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Vehicle \u0026 Traffic Law § 397","heading":"Equipping motor vehicles with radio receiving sets capable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use","body":"§ 397. Equipping motor vehicles with radio receiving sets capable of\nreceiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use.  A\nperson, not a police officer or peace officer, acting pursuant to his\nspecial duties, who equips a motor vehicle with a radio receiving set\ncapable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use\nor knowingly uses a motor vehicle so equipped or who in any way\nknowingly interferes with the transmission of radio messages by the\npolice without having first secured a permit so to do from the person\nauthorized to issue such a permit by the local governing body or board\nof the city, town or village in which such person resides, or where such\nperson resides outside of a city or village in a county having a county\npolice department by the board of supervisors of such county, is guilty\nof a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand\ndollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. Nothing in\nthis section contained shall be construed to apply to any person who\nholds a valid amateur radio operator's license issued by the federal\ncommunications commission and who operates a duly licensed portable\nmobile transmitter and in connection therewith a receiver or receiving\nset on frequencies exclusively allocated by the federal communications\ncommission to duly licensed radio amateurs.","path":["Vehicle \u0026 Traffic Law","Title 3. Safety Responsibility; Financial Security; Equipment; Inspection; Size and Weight; and Other Provisions","Article 12. Other Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/VAT/397","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"3aba9df14c482fcc54898307f1e45f8a4d569b70952fa19f8e137b363af05445","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-396","next":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-397-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}