** PLEASE READ! ** Mobile Scanning in New York State

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It is ILLEGAL to have a scanner in your vehicle in the State of New York unless you are an Amateur Radio Operator or have been issued a special permit (not going to happen). It is misdemeanor, which means you may be brought to jail.

The law is New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, Title 3, Article 12, Section 397 and can be found at this link: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS

Below is the EXACT Text of the law:

§ 397. Equipping motor vehicles with radio receiving sets capable of
receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use. A
person, not a police officer or peace officer, acting pursuant to his
special duties, who equips a motor vehicle with a radio receiving set
capable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use
or knowingly uses a motor vehicle so equipped or who in any way
knowingly interferes with the transmission of radio messages by the
police without having first secured a permit so to do from the person
authorized to issue such a permit by the local governing body or board
of the city, town or village in which such person resides, or where such
person resides outside of a city or village in a county having a county
police department by the board of supervisors of such county, is guilty
of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. Nothing in
this section contained shall be construed to apply to any person who
holds a valid amateur radio operator's license issued by the federal
communications commission and who operates a duly licensed portable
mobile transmitter and in connection therewith a receiver or receiving
set on frequencies exclusively allocated by the federal communications
commission to duly licensed radio amateurs.

Thanks!