§ 7905 Telephone Wiretap Reporting Rules

Public Utilities Code·California

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•Phone companies must keep records if their workers find any device used to secretly listen to phone calls.
•Workers must also report if they think such a device was there but is now gone.
•The Public Utilities Commission makes the rules for this.

Example

A phone company worker finds a strange box attached to a phone line that can listen to calls.

The worker must tell the company, and the company must write it down and keep a record of it.

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§ 7905 Telephone Wiretap Reporting Rules

The Public Utilities Commission shall issue regulations requiring every telephone corporation subject to its jurisdiction to maintain complete records of all instances in which its employees discover any device installed for the purpose of overhearing communications over the lines of such corporation and all instances in which such employees reasonably believe and report to the corporation their belief that such device is installed or has been installed but has since been removed. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1899.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 7905.

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