Scanner Laws

State-specific Mobile Scanning

• An overview of the laws governing the mobile use of scanners and radar detectors in the United States can be found at at this Web site.

Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)

• Wikipedia:Electronic Communications Privacy Act
• USDOJ:OJP:Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA)
• USCode.House.Gov:18 USC Ch. 119
• Quoted from CalFireWeb:ECPA - 1986:
  • "Generally the prohibited frequencies are:
    • Mobile telephone / conventional
      152.030-152.240 MHZ
      152.510-152.810 MHZ
      454.375-454.975 MHZ
    • Mobile telephone / cellular
    • Paging
      824.000-851.000 MHZ
      869.000-896.000 MHZ
    • Many varied frequencies- All bands
    • Remote broadcast / studio-transmitter links
      161.640- 161.670 MHZ
      166.250- 170.150 MHZ
      455.000- 456.000 MHZ
      944.000- 952.000 MHZ"