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Revised Statutes
Title 14 - Criminal Law
§322. Wire-tapping prohibited; penalty
Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 14:322 (2019)
RS 322 - Wire-tapping prohibited; penalty
A. No person shall tap or attach any devices for the purpose of listening in on wires, cables, or property owned and used by any person, for the transmission of intelligence by magnetic telephone or telegraph, without the consent of the owner.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than three months.
C. This Section shall not be construed to prevent officers of the law, while in the actual discharge of their duties, from tapping in on wires or cables for the purpose of obtaining information to detect crime.
Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
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