22-44-2. Equipment for receiving services without payment--Installation or possession as misdemeanor.

No person may knowingly install, maintain, or possess any equipment, device, or instrument designed, intended, or used solely for the purpose of unlawfully facilitating the interception, decoding, or receipt of the services of any community antenna television system, multipoint distribution system, multichannel multipoint distribution system, or any programming service delivered by satellite with intent to allow any person to obtain such service and avoid the lawful payment of the charges therefor. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1984, ch 173, § 2; SL 1990, ch 169, § 1.