NYSentencing

§ 250.25  Tampering with private communications.
  A person is guilty of tampering with private communications when:
  1.   Knowing that he does not have the consent of the sender or receiver,
he opens or reads a sealed letter or other sealed private communication; or
  2.   Knowing  that  a sealed letter or other sealed private communication
has been opened or read in violation of subdivision one of this section, he
divulges  without  the  consent  of the sender or receiver, the contents of
such letter or communication, in whole or in  part,  or  a  resume  of  any
portion of the contents thereof; or
  3.   Knowing that he does not have the consent of the sender or receiver,
he  obtains  or  attempts  to  obtain  from   an   employee,   officer   or
representative  of  a  telephone  or  telegraph corporation, by connivance,
deception, intimidation or in any other manner, information with respect to
the   contents   or   nature   thereof   of  a  telephonic  or  telegraphic
communication; except that the provisions of this subdivision do not  apply
to  a  law  enforcement officer who obtains information from a telephone or
telegraph corporation pursuant to section 250.35; or
  4.   Knowing that he does not have the consent of the sender or receiver,
and being  an  employee,  officer  or  representative  of  a  telephone  or
telegraph corporation, he knowingly divulges to another person the contents
or nature thereof of a telephonic or telegraphic communication; except that
the provisions of this subdivision do not apply to such person when he acts
pursuant to section 250.35.
  Tampering with private communications is a class B misdemeanor.
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