§ 11-35-25 - Fraudulent communication devices.
SECTION 11-35-25
§ 11-35-25 Fraudulent communicationdevices. – (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully make, manufacture,assemble, possess, possess with intent to sell, sell, give, or otherwisetransfer to another, or offer or place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, orother publication any advertisement to sell, give, or otherwise transfer toanother or purchase or in any other manner obtain, receive, or conceal anyelectronic, mechanical, or other device, instrument, apparatus, or equipment,or plans, specifications, instructions, or other information for making,manufacturing, assembling, or using any device, instrument, apparatus, or otherequipment or to publish any plans, specifications, instructions, or otherinformation with intent to use it or know or have reason to know that it isintended to be used or that its design renders it primarily useful to obtainany communication or community antenna television service from a companyproviding that service, by rearranging, tampering with, or making anyunauthorized connection, whether physically, electronically, acoustically,inductively, or otherwise to any telephone or community antenna televisioninstrument, equipment, or facility of any company, to avoid the payment, inwhole or in part, of the lawful charge for the communication or communityantenna television service or to conceal from any company or from lawfulauthority the existence or place of origin or termination of any communication,or by using any communication or community antenna television service knowingor having reason to know that the rearrangement, tampering, or connectionexisted at the time of use.
(b) Any person who is convicted of willfully making,manufacturing, assembling, or possessing with the intent to sell, or who sells,gives or otherwise transfers to another, or offers or places in any newspaper,magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement to sell, or give, orotherwise transfers to another any devices and/or instruments as described inthis section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, may beimprisoned for not more than three (3) years, or fined not more than threethousand dollars ($3,000), or both.
(c) Any person who is convicted of having possession of anydevices, instruments and/or plans as described in this section shall be guiltyof a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, may, except as provided in thissection, be imprisoned for not more than one year, or fined not more than fivehundred dollars ($500), or both; provided, that any person who is convicted ofhaving possession of any devices, instruments, and/or plans relative to acommunity antenna television system or instruments, equipment or facilities inconnection with it as described in this section shall be guilty of amisdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be fined up to one thousand dollars($1,000).