"Alex Clayton" wrote in message news:so7Md.4179$
Usenet is a real poor place to ask any kind of legal question. You, as you
have seen, can get all kinds of answers. If you rely on the responses
here, get in trouble with the law, telling some judge you "read it on the
net" will get you nothing.

No it won't.

He'll get to see the judge roll his eyes as if saying "how stupid can this
guy be?"

If the state you are in has laws regarding scanners, I would have to
assume the law is available on line?

All statutes are available on line, through the state's gummint website.
Just have to look

As to the Public bus, if you find there is no law against them, the easy
way would seem to be not let the driver know you have a scanner. If the
guy is using headphones who is going to know what he is listening to?

I take mine with my on the rapid transit train with headphones. No trouble
at all. Listen in on transit frequencies.