§ 542.402 R.S.Mo.
§ 542.402. Penalty for illegal wiretapping, permitted activities
1.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 542.400 to 542.422, a person is guilty of a class D
felony and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law, if such person:
(1)
Knowingly intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to
intercept, any wire communication;
(2)
Knowingly uses, endeavors to use, or procures any other person to use or endeavor to use any
electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept any oral communication when such device transmits
communications by radio or interferes with the transmission of such communication; provided, however, that
nothing in sections 542.400 to 542.422 shall be construed to prohibit the use by law enforcement officers of
body microphones and transmitters in undercover investigations for the acquisition of evidence and the
protection of law enforcement officers and others working under their direction in such investigations;
(3)
Knowingly discloses, or endeavors to disclose, to any other person the contents of any wire
communication, when he knows or has reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception
of a wire communication in violation of this subsection; or
(4)
Knowingly uses, or endeavors to use, the contents of any wire communication, when he knows or has
reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire communication in violation
of this subsection.
2.
It is not unlawful under the provisions of sections 542.400 to 542.422:
(1)
For an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of any communication common
carrier, whose facilities are used in the transmission of a wire communication, to intercept, disclose, or use
that communication in the normal course of his employment while engaged in any activity which is a necessary
incident to the rendition of his service or to the protection of the rights or property of the carrier of such
communication, however, communication common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring
except for mechanical or service quality control checks;
(2)
For a person acting under law to intercept a wire or oral communication, where such person is a party
to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such
interception;
(3)
For a person not acting under law to intercept a wire communication where such person is a party to the
communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception
unless such communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act.
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