Sec. 42.20.310. Eavesdropping.
(a) A person may not (1) use an eavesdropping device to hear or record all or any part of an oral conversation without the consent of a party to the conversation; (2) use or divulge any information which the person knows or reasonably should know was obtained through the illegal use of an eavesdropping device […]
Sec. 42.20.320. Exemptions.
(a) The following activities are exempt from the provisions of AS 42.20.300 and 42.20.310: (1) listening to a radio or wireless communications of any sort where the same are publicly made; (2) hearing conversation when heard by employees of a common carrier by wire incidental to the normal course of their employment in the operation, […]
Sec. 42.20.325. Duty to report.
A person who is an employee of a communications common carrier or of an electronic communication service or of a private investigation agency, and has knowledge of the probable occurrence of conduct that violates a provision of AS 42.20.300 or 42.20.310 shall report the conduct, in writing, to the commissioner of public safety within 30 […]
Sec. 42.20.330. Penalty.
A person who violates any of the provisions of AS 42.20.300 and 42.20.310 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 42.20.390. Definitions.
In AS 42.20.300 – 42.20.390, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “communications common carrier” means a business or person engaged as a common carrier for hire in the transmission of communications by wire, cable, satellite, electromagnetic waves, or radio, not including radio broadcasting; (2) “contents” includes information obtained from a private communication concerning the existence, […]
Sec. 42.20.010. Establishment by foreigners prohibited.
Cable lines owned or operated or controlled by persons not citizens of the United States, or by any foreign corporation or government, may not be established in or permitted to enter the state.