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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, […]