18-6801. REMOVAL OR OBSTRUCTION OF TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH LINES OR EQUIPMENT. Every person who maliciously displaces, removes, injures or destroys any public telephone instrument or any part thereof or any equipment or facilities associated therewith, or who enters or breaks into any coin box associated therewith, or who willfully displaces, removes, injures or destroys any telegraph or telephone line, wire, cable, pole or conduit belonging to another or the material or property appurtenant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History:
[18-6801, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 970; am. 2006, ch. 71, sec. 17, p. 221.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Chapter 68 - TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC LINES
Section 18-6801 - REMOVAL OR OBSTRUCTION OF TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH LINES OR EQUIPMENT.
Section 18-6802 - ELECTRIC LINES — PUNISHMENT FOR INJURING.
Section 18-6803 - REMOVAL OR DESTRUCTION OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES.
Section 18-6804 - BURNING ELECTRIC LINES OR PLANTS.
Section 18-6805 - PUNISHMENT FOR REMOVAL, DESTRUCTION OR BURNING OF ELECTRIC LINES OR PLANTS.
Section 18-6806 - RELINQUISHMENT OF TELEPHONE LINE FOR EMERGENCY MESSAGES.
Section 18-6807 - INFORMATION REQUIRED OF PERSON MAKING REQUEST.
Section 18-6808 - EMERGENCY CALLS ENUMERATED.
Section 18-6809 - MISDEMEANOR TO FAIL TO RELINQUISH OR FRAUDULENTLY PROCURE USE OF LINE.