13-3002 False or forged messages; classification

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Arizona Code › Title 13 › Chapter 30 › Section 3002

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13-3002. False or forged messages; classification

A. It is unlawful for a person:

1. Knowingly to send to any person by telegraph or telephone a false or forged message, purporting to be from a telegraph or telephone office, or from any other person.

2. Knowingly to deliver or cause to be delivered to any person a false or forged message, falsely purporting to have been received by telegraph or telephone.

3. To furnish or conspire to furnish, or cause to be furnished to an agent, operator or employee, to be sent by telegraph or telephone, or to be delivered, a message, knowing it is false or forged, with intent to deceive, injure or defraud another.

B. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

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