[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR2.701]

[Page 610]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 2_FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS; GENERAL RULES 
AND REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart H_Prohibition Against Eavesdropping
 
Sec. 2.701  Prohibition against use of a radio device for eavesdropping.


    (a) No person shall use, either directly or indirectly, a device 
required to be licensed by section 301 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, for the purpose of overhearing or recording the 
private conversations of others unless such use is authorized by all of 
the parties engaging in the conversation.
    (b) Paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply to operations of 
any law enforcement officers conducted under lawful authority.

[31 FR 3400, Mar. 4, 1966]