(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly do any of the following:
(1) To make, manufacture, distribute, possess, use, or assemble an unlawful telecommunication device or modify, alter, program, or reprogram a telecommunication device designed, adapted, or which is used:
a. For commission of a theft of telecommunication service or to acquire or facilitate the acquisition of telecommunication service without the consent of the telecommunication service provider in violation of this article.
b. To conceal, or assist another to conceal, from any supplier of telecommunication service provider or from any lawful authority the existence, place of origin, or destination of any telecommunication.
(2) To sell, possess, distribute, give, transport, or otherwise transfer to another or offer or advertise for sale any of the following:
a. An unlawful telecommunication device, or plans or instructions for making or assembling the same under circumstances evincing an intent to use or employ the unlawful telecommunication device, or to allow the same to be used or employed, for a purpose described in paragraph a. or paragraph b. above, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be so used, or that the aforesaid plans or instructions are intended to be used for making or assembling such unlawful telecommunication device.
b. The material, including hardware, cables, tools, data, computer software or other information or equipment, knowing that the purchaser or a third person intends to use the material in the manufacture of an unlawful telecommunication device.
(3) To publish plans or instructions for making or assembling or using any unlawful telecommunication device.
(4) To publish the number or code of an existing, cancelled, revoked or nonexistent telephone number, credit number, or other credit device, or method of numbering or coding which is employed in the issuance of telephone numbers, credit numbers or other credit devices with knowledge or reason to believe that it may be used to avoid the payment of any lawful telephone or telegraph toll charge under circumstances evincing an intent to have such telephone number, credit number, credit device or method of numbering or coding so used.
(b) Any unlawful telecommunication device, plans, instructions, or publications described in this section may be seized under warrant or incident to a lawful arrest for a violation of this section, and, upon the conviction of a person for a violation of this section, the unlawful telecommunication device, plans, instructions, or publication may be destroyed as contraband by the sheriff of the county in which the person was convicted or turned over to the person providing telephone or telegraph service in the territory in which the same was seized.