Disclosing telegraph and telephone messages - Penalty
N.D. Cent. Code § 8-10-09
in effect8-10-09. Disclosing telegraph and telephone messages - Penalty
Every person who willfully obtains any knowledge of a telegraphic or telephonic message,
by connivance with a clerk, operator, messenger, or other employee of a telegraph or telephone
company, and every clerk, operator, messenger, or other employee who willfully divulges to any
but the person for whom it was intended, the contents of any telephonic or telegraphic message
entrusted to that person for transmission or delivery, or the nature thereof, or who willfully
refuses or fails to duly transmit or deliver any such message, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t08c10.pdf#nameddest=8-10-09Fetched: 10/16/2026
