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     626A.16 Telephone company to aid in detection.  

    Subject to regulation by the Minnesota public utilities 
 commission, any telephone or telegraph company shall, upon 
 request of any subscriber and upon responsible offer to pay the 
 reasonable cost thereof, and with the discretion of the carrier; 
 subject, however, to an appropriate court order to furnish 
 whatever services may be within its command for the purpose of 
 detecting any unlawful interception of communications.  All such 
 requests by subscribers shall be subject to the provisions of 
 section 626A.05 and the company shall disclose only the 
 existence or absence of interception that is not the subject of 
 a court order under that section.  All such requests by 
 subscribers shall be kept confidential unless divulgence is 
 authorized in writing by the requesting subscriber.  

    HIST: 1969 c 953 s 16; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1988 c 577 s 62; 1989 
 c 336 art 2 s 8 

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