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2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 53a - Penal Code
Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses
Section 53a-189 - Eavesdropping: Class D felony.
Universal Citation: CT Gen Stat § 53a-189 (2019)
(a) A person is guilty of eavesdropping when he unlawfully engages in wiretapping or mechanical overhearing of a conversation.
(b) Eavesdropping is a class D felony.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 191.)
See Sec. 52-570d re prohibition on recording private telephonic communications and civil remedies for violation thereof.
Cited. 171 C. 524; 197 C. 326; 212 C. 195; 216 C. 541; 224 C. 593; 238 C. 692.
Cited. 8 CA 673; 15 CA 529.
Cordless telephone conversations are protected telephonic communications. 45 CS 497.
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