Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site drusd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!drutx!drusd!phl From: phl@drusd.UUCP (LavettePH) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re:Radar Detectors *are* Illegal in the Law Books Message-ID: <13@drusd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 10:01:22 EDT Article-I.D.: drusd.13 Posted: Thu Aug 15 10:01:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:59:32 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 25 >.......................... Another point no one has mentioned -- it is >illegal in most, if not all, states to possess a police/emergency band >scanner in your car or truck -- this was done to prevent "ambulance chasers" >(lawyers, thrill-seekers, rubber-neckers, et. al.) > Curtis Jackson I don't know where you got your information but the latest SCAN magazine survey of state laws indicates that mobile psb scanners are perfectly legal without a permit in forty-two states. Mobile scanners are legal with a permit in the other eight. (Indiana,Michigan,Minnesota,New Jersey, New York, North and South Dakota and Kentuky) Thirty-three states have no laws covering the use of psb *receivers* at all. Most of the rest allow their use without a permit for "any lawful purpose". Florida is real tricky. You can have a scanner in your car but it cannot be connected to the car's electrical system. Indiana is the most restrictive. Hand-helds are illegal without a permit except in your residence or place of business. If you want to investigate this further I would suggest you write to SCAN, 240 Fenci Lane,Hillside,Illinois 60162 and ask for a copy of "Summary of State Laws Regarding Ownership and Use of Scanner Radios". They would probably appreciate about a buck and a SASE to cover their costs. - Phil