§ 28-13. Profanity, threats, etc., over telephone.

(a)

If any person shall use obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate or harass any person, over any telephone in this city, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)

It shall be the duty, on pain of contempt of court, of each telephone company in this city to furnish immediately, in response to a subpoena issued by a circuit court, such information as it, its officers and employees, may possess which, in the opinion of the court, may aid in the apprehension of persons suspected of violating the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 173, § 68; Ord. No. 2178; Code 1961, § 25-35)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, §§ 18.2-427, 18.2-431.

(Ord. No. 173, § 68; Ord. No. 2178; Code 1961, § 25-35)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, §§ 18.2-427, 18.2-431.