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§ 5310. Penalty

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and SafetyEffective: August 1, 2015

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and Safety
Part III. Public Safety
Chapter 53. 911 Emergency Communication Services (Refs & Annos)
Effective: August 1, 2015
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5310
§ 5310. Penalty
Currentness
(a) Communications with 911 systems.--A person who intentionally calls the 911 emergency number for other than emergency purposes commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(b) Information disclosure.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if the person does any of the following:
(1) Uses or discloses database information for wireless service, VoIP service, other emergency communications service or next generation 911 service or future technology providing the same or similar functionality for purposes other than handling a call to a 911 system, or a system used for other emergency communications service, next generation 911 service or future technology providing the same or similar functionality, without consent of the subscriber or consumer as otherwise provided by applicable Federal or State law.
(2) Knowingly uses the telephone number or database information of a 911 system, other emergency communications service, next generation 911 service, future technology providing the same or similar functionality or VoIP service to avoid any charges for the services of a provider.

Credits

2010, Nov. 23, P.L. 1181, No. 118, § 2.1, effective Jan. 1, 2011. Amended 2015, June 29, P.L. 36, No. 12, § 6, effective Aug. 1, 2015.
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5310, PA ST 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 5310
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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