Michigan Compiled Laws 328-1931-lxxxii Chapter Lxxxii Telegraph And Telephone (750.539...750.540h)

• Section 750.539 Divulging Contents Of Messages.
  Divulging contents of messages—Any person connected with a telegraph, telephone or messenger company, incorporated or unincorporated, operating a line of telegraph or telephone, or...
• Section 750.539a Definitions.
  As used in sections 539a to 539i: (1) “Private place” means a place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or...
• Section 750.539b Trespassing For Purpose Of Eavesdropping Or Surveillance.
  A person who trespasses on property owned or under the control of any other person, to subject that person to eavesdropping or surveillance is...
• Section 750.539c Eavesdropping Upon Private Conversation.
  Any person who is present or who is not present during a private conversation and who wilfully uses any device to eavesdrop upon the...
• Section 750.539d Installation, Placement, Or Use Of Device For Observing, Recording, Transmitting, Photographing Or Eavesdropping In Private Place.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not do either of the following: (a) Install, place, or use in any...
• Section 750.539e Use Or Divulgence Of Information Unlawfully Obtained.
  Any person who uses or divulges any information which he knows or reasonably should know was obtained in violation of sections 539b, 539c or...
• Section 750.539f Unlawful Manufacture, Possession Or Transfer Of Eavesdropping Devices.
  Any person who manufactures, possesses or transfers to another any device, contrivance, machine or apparatus designed or commonly used for eavesdropping with the intent...
• Section 750.539g Exceptions.
  Sections 539a to 539f do not prohibit any of the following: (a) Eavesdropping or surveillance not otherwise prohibited by law by a peace officer...
• Section 750.539h Civil Remedies.
  Any parties to any conversation upon which eavesdropping is practiced contrary to this act shall be entitled to the following civil remedies: (a) An...
• Section 750.539i Proof Of Installation Of Device As Prima Facie Evidence Of Violation.
  In any criminal or civil action, proof of the installation in any private place of any device which may be used for the purposes...
• Section 750.539j Surveillance Of Or Distribution, Dissemination, Or Transmission Of Recording, Photograph, Or Visual Image Of Individual Having Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy; Prohibited Conduct; Violation As Felony; Penalty; Exceptions; “surveil” Defined.
  (1) A person shall not do any of the following: (a) Surveil another individual who is clad only in his or her undergarments, the...
• Section 750.539k Personal Identifying Information; Prohibited Conduct; Exception; Violation As Felony; Penalty; Definitions.
  (1) A person who is not a party to a transaction that involves the use of a financial transaction device shall not secretly or...
• Section 750.539l Tracking Device; Placement Or Installment On Motor Vehicle Without Consent; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty; Exemptions; Inapplicability Of Subsection (2)(j); Liability For Damages; Definitions.
  (1) A person who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or...
• Section 750.540 Use Of Electronic Medium Of Communication; Prohibited Conduct; Violation As Felony; Penalty; Definitions.
  (1) A person shall not willfully and maliciously cut, break, disconnect, interrupt, tap, or make any unauthorized connection with any electronic medium of communication,...
• Section 750.540a Party Line, Emergency, Defined; Refusal To Yield Or Surrender Use Of Line; Pretext; Penalty.
  “Party line” as used in this section means a subscribers' line telephone circuit, consisting of 2 or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each...
• Section 750.540b Notice Contained In Telephone Directory, Printing; Exception.
  On and after the ninetieth day following the effective date of this amendment, every telephone directory thereafter distributed to the members of the general...
• Section 750.540c Prohibited Conduct With Regard To Telecommunications Access Device; “materials” Defined; Violation As Felony; Penalty; Amateur Radio Service; Forfeiture; Order; Definitions.
  (1) A person shall not assemble, develop, manufacture, possess, deliver, or use any type telecommunications access device with the intent to defraud by doing,...
• Section 750.540d Seizure Of Devices, Plans, Instructions, Or Materials.
  Any telecommunications access device, unlawful telecommunications access device, plans, instructions, or materials described in section 540c may be seized under warrant or incident to...
• Section 750.540e Malicious Use Of Service Provided By Telecommunications Service Provider.
  (1) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who maliciously uses any service provided by a telecommunications service provider with intent to terrorize, frighten,...
• Section 750.540f Telecommunications Access Device; Use In Violation Of Mcl 750.219a; Misdemeanor; Violation Of Subsection (1) And Previous Conviction As Felony; Prior Conviction; Definitions.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who knowingly or intentionally publishes a telecommunications access device or unlawful telecommunications access device with...
• Section 750.540g Telecommunications Service; Unauthorized Use By Officer, Shareholder, Partner, Employee, Agent, Or Independent Contractor; Use In Separate Incidents Pursuant To Scheme Or Course Of Conduct; Enhanced Sentence Based On Prior Convictions.
  (1) An officer, shareholder, partner, employee, agent, or independent contractor of a telecommunications service provider who knowingly and without authority uses or diverts telecommunications...
• Section 750.540h Intent To Permit Or Obtain Unauthorized Receipt Of Telecommunications Service.
  (1) Evidence of 1 or more of the following facts shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that the conduct that violated section 540c...

Last modified: October 10, 2016