Penalties

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Public Utilities and Public Transportation
4. Telephone Service
5. Telephone Records Protection
6. Penalties

It shall be a felony, punishable by a fine of not more than $250,000.00, imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both, for a person to do any of the following acts:

1. To knowingly procure, attempt to procure, solicit, or conspire with another to procure a telephone record of any resident or business of this state without the authorization of the customer to whom the record pertains or by fraudulent, deceptive, or false means;
2. To knowingly sell, or attempt to sell, a telephone record of any resident or business of this state without the authorization of the customer to whom the record pertains; or
3. To receive a telephone record of any resident or business of this state knowing that the record has been obtained without the authorization of the customer to whom the record pertains or by fraudulent, deceptive, or false means.

(Code 1981, §46-5-232, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 682, § 1/HB 1290.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, Code Section 46-5-202, as enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 682, § 1/HB 1290, was redesignated as Code Section 46-5-232.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2006, the subsection (a) designation was deleted.

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