Michigan Compiled Laws
328-1931-LXXXII - Chapter LXXXII Telegraph and Telephone (750.539...750.540h)
Section 750.539g - Exceptions.

Sec. 539g.
Sections 539a to 539f do not prohibit any of the following:
(a) Eavesdropping or surveillance not otherwise prohibited by law by a peace officer of this state or of the federal government, or the officer's agent, while in the performance of the officer's duties.
(b) Hearing a communication transmitted by common carrier facilities by an employee of a communications common carrier when acting in the course of his or her employment.
(c) The recording by a public utility of telephone communications to it requesting service or registering a complaint by a customer, if a record of the communications is required for legitimate business purposes and the agents, servants, and employees of the public utility are aware of the practice or surveillance by an employee safeguarding property owned by, or in custody of, his or her employer on his or her employer's property.
(d) The routine monitoring, including recording, by employees of the department of corrections of telephone communications on telephones available for use by prisoners in state correctional facilities, if the monitoring is conducted in the manner prescribed by section 70 of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 791.270 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and rules promulgated under that section.
History: Add. 1966, Act 319, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 227, Eff. Nov. 22, 1993

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code

Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)

328-1931-LXXXII - Chapter LXXXII Telegraph and Telephone (750.539...750.540h)

Section 750.539 - Divulging Contents of Messages.

Section 750.539a - Definitions.

Section 750.539b - Trespassing for Purpose of Eavesdropping or Surveillance.

Section 750.539c - Eavesdropping Upon Private Conversation.

Section 750.539d - Installation, Placement, or Use of Device for Observing, Recording, Transmitting, Photographing or Eavesdropping in Private Place.

Section 750.539e - Use or Divulgence of Information Unlawfully Obtained.

Section 750.539f - Unlawful Manufacture, Possession or Transfer of Eavesdropping Devices.

Section 750.539g - Exceptions.

Section 750.539h - Civil Remedies.

Section 750.539i - Proof of Installation of Device as Prima Facie Evidence of Violation.

Section 750.539j - Surveillance of or Distribution, Dissemination, or Transmission of Recording, Photograph, or Visual Image of Individual Having Reasonable Expectation of Privacy; Prohibited Conduct; Violation as Felony; Penalty; Exceptions; “Survei...

Section 750.539k - Personal Identifying Information; Prohibited Conduct; Exception; Violation as Felony; Penalty; Definitions.

Section 750.539l - Tracking Device; Placement or Installment on Motor Vehicle Without Consent; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Exemptions; Inapplicability of Subsection (2)(j); Liability for Damages; Definitions.

Section 750.540 - Use of Electronic Medium of Communication; Prohibited Conduct; Violation as Felony; Penalty; Definitions.

Section 750.540a - Party Line, Emergency, Defined; Refusal to Yield or Surrender Use of Line; Pretext; Penalty.

Section 750.540b - Notice Contained in Telephone Directory, Printing; Exception.

Section 750.540c - Prohibited Conduct With Regard to Telecommunications Access Device; “Materials” Defined; Violation as Felony; Penalty; Amateur Radio Service; Forfeiture; Order; Definitions.

Section 750.540d - Seizure of Devices, Plans, Instructions, or Materials.

Section 750.540e - Malicious Use of Service Provided by Telecommunications Service Provider.

Section 750.540f - Telecommunications Access Device; Use in Violation of MCL 750.219a; Misdemeanor; Violation of Subsection (1) and Previous Conviction as Felony; Prior Conviction; Definitions.

Section 750.540g - Telecommunications Service; Unauthorized Use by Officer, Shareholder, Partner, Employee, Agent, or Independent Contractor; Use in Separate Incidents Pursuant to Scheme or Course of Conduct; Enhanced Sentence Based on Prior Convicti...

Section 750.540h - Intent to Permit or Obtain Unauthorized Receipt of Telecommunications Service.