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2010 Ohio Revised Code
Title [49] XLIX PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 4931: COMPANIES - TELEGRAPH; TELEPHONE
4931.29 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Divulging telephone communication.

4931.29 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Divulging telephone communication.

No person connected with a telephone company, incorporated or unincorporated, operating a telephone line or engaged in the business of transmitting to, from, through, or in this state, telephone messages, in any capacity, shall willfully divulge a private telephone message or the nature of such message, or a private conversation between persons communicating over the wires of such company, or willfully delay the transmission of a telephonic message or communication, with intent to injure, deceive, or defraud the sender or receiver thereof or any other person, or any such telephone company, or to benefit himself or any other person.

Repealed by 128th General Assembly File No. 43, SB 162, § 2, eff. 9/13/2010.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953

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