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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE N
Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
ARTICLE 250
Offenses Against the Right to Privacy
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SECTION 250.15
Failure to report wiretapping
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE N, ARTICLE 250
§ 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.