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Indiana scanner Law: 
  
State Statute   I.C. 35-44-3-12 
  

IC 35-44-3-12 
    Sec. 12. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally: 
        (1) possesses a police radio; 
        (2) transmits over a frequency assigned for police emergency purposes; or 
        (3) possesses or uses a police radio: 
            (A) while committing a crime; 
            (B) to further the commission of a crime; or 
            (C) to avoid detection by a law enforcement agency; 
commits unlawful use of a police radio, a Class B misdemeanor. 
    (b) Subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) do not apply to: 
        (1) a governmental entity; 
        (2) a regularly employed law enforcement officer; 
        (3) a common carrier of persons for hire whose vehicles are used in emergency 
service; 
        (4) a public service or utility company whose vehicles are used in emergency 
service; 
        (5) a person who has written permission from the chief executive officer of a law 
enforcement agency to possess a police 
radio; 
        (6) a person who holds an amateur radio license issued by the Federal 
Communications Commission if the person is not 
transmitting over a frequency assigned for police emergency purposes; 
        (7) a person who uses a police radio only in the person's dwelling or place of 
business; 
        (8) a person: 
            (A) who is regularly engaged in newsgathering activities; 
            (B) who is employed by a newspaper qualified to receive legal advertisements 
under IC 5-3-1, a wire service, or a 
licensed commercial or public radio or television station; and 
            (C) whose name is furnished by his employer to the chief executive officer of 
a law enforcement agency in the county in 
which the employer's principal office is located; 
        (9) a person engaged in the business of manufacturing or selling police radios; or 

        (10) a person who possesses or uses a police radio during the normal course of the 
person's lawful business. 
    (c) As used in this section, "police radio" means a radio that is capable of sending 
or receiving signals transmitted on 
frequencies assigned by the Federal Communications Commission for police emergency 
purposes and that: 
        (1) can be installed, maintained, or operated in a vehicle; or 
        (2) can be operated while it is being carried by an individual. 
The term does not include a radio designed for use only in a dwelling. 
As added by Acts 1977, P.L.342, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.162-1994, SEC.1.