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Statute:

Failure to report wiretapping

ยง 250.15 Failure to report wiretapping.

A telephone or telegraph corporation is guilty of failure to report
wiretapping when, having knowledge of the occurrence of unlawful
wiretapping, it does not report such matter to an appropriate law
enforcement officer or agency.

Failure to report wiretapping is a class B misdemeanor.

PEN 250.15 2014-09-22

Sections:

250. Offenses against the right to privacy
250.00 - Eavesdropping; definitions of terms.
250.05 - Eavesdropping.
250.10 - Possession of eavesdropping devices.
250.15 - Failure to report wiretapping.
250.20 - Divulging an eavesdropping warrant.
250.25 - Tampering with private communications.
250.30 - Unlawfully obtaining communications information.
250.35 - Failing to report criminal communications.
250.40 - Unlawful surveillance; definitions.
250.45 - Unlawful surveillance in the second degree.
250.50 - Unlawful surveillance in the first degree.
250.55 - Dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the second degree.
250.60 - Dissemination of an unlawful surveillance image in the first degree.
250.65 - Additional provisions.
250.70 Unlawful dissemination of a personal image; definitions,
250.71 - Unlawful dissemination of a personal image in the second
250.72 - Unlawful dissemination of a personal image in the first degree

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