21-4002. Breach of privacy.

21-4002

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS PART II.--PROHIBITED CONDUCT Article 40.--CRIMES INVOLVING VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL RIGHTS

      21-4002.   Breach of privacy.(a) Breach of privacy is knowingly and without lawful authority:

      (1)   Intercepting, without the consent of the sender or receiver,a message by telephone, telegraph, letter or other means of privatecommunication; or

      (2)   Divulging, without the consent of the sender or receiver,theexistence or contents of such message if such person knows that the messagewas illegally intercepted, or if such person illegally learned ofthe message in thecourse of employment with an agency in transmitting it.

      (b)   Subsection (a)(1) shall notapply to messagesoverheard through a regularly installed instrument on a telephone partyline or on an extension.

      (c)   Breach of privacy is a class Anonpersonmisdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4002;L. 1992, ch. 239, § 185;L. 1993, ch. 291, § 133; July 1.