VTL 397 — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 396 Use of state and other seals and insignia on private vehicles prohibited up ARTICLE 12 Other Provisions next SECTION 397-A Radar detectors and laser detectors prohibited Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 397 Equipping motor vehicles with radio receiving sets capable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 3, ARTICLE 12 § 397. Equipping motor vehicles with radio receiving sets capable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use. A person, not a police officer or peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, who equips a motor vehicle with a radio receiving set capable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use or knowingly uses a motor vehicle so equipped or who in any way knowingly interferes with the transmission of radio messages by the police without having first secured a permit so to do from the person authorized to issue such a permit by the local governing body or board of the city, town or village in which such person resides, or where such person resides outside of a city or village in a county having a county police department by the board of supervisors of such county, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to apply to any person who holds a valid amateur radio operator's license issued by the federal communications commission and who operates a duly licensed portable mobile transmitter and in connection therewith a receiver or receiving set on frequencies exclusively allocated by the federal communications commission to duly licensed radio amateurs.