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State / Statute Name Trespass/
Intrusion		 Tampering/
Destruction		 Fraud Unauthorized Use Interruption of services Piracy Privacy/
Invasion		 Punishment
CALIFORNIA*;CAL. PENAL CODE § 501(C)(3) N/A       X       Up to 3 years imprison-
ment
DELAWARE;DEL. CODE. ANN. tit. 11 § 932 Unauthorized access X     X       N/A
HAWAII; HAW. REV. STAT. § 708-895.5 Unauthor-ized computer access in the first degree X     X       Class B Felony
HAW. REV. STAT. § 708-895.6 Unauthor-ized computer access in the second degree X     X       Class C Felony
IOWA; IOWA CODE § 716.6B Unauthor-ized computer access X     X       Simple to Aggravated Misde-meanor
OKLAHOMA*;21 OKLA. STAT. § 1953 Prohibited acts   X   X   X   Felony
KENTUCKY; KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 434.853 Unlawful access in the fourth degree X     X       Class B Misde-meanor
KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 434.851 Unlawful access in the third degree X     X       Class A Misde-meanor
KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 434.850 Unlawful access in the second degree X     X       Class D Felony
KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 434.845 Unlawful access in the first degree X   X X       Class C Felony
MASSACHUSETTS; MASS. GEN. LAWS § 120F Unauthor-ized accessing of computer systems X     X       Up to 30 days.
MONTANA; MONT. CODE ANN. § 7-302 Unlawful use of a computer X X X X       6 months to 10 years.
MICHIGAN;MICH. COMP. LAWS § 752.794 Prohibited access to computer . . . X   X X       Misde-
meanor to Felony
NEW HAMPSHIRE*;N.H. STAT. ANN. 638.17.I–II. Computer related offenses X     X       Up to A Felony
NEW YORK; NY PENAL LAW § 156.05 Unauthor-ized use of a computer X     X       Class A Misde-meanor
NEBRASKA; NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-1343.01 Unauthor-ized use of a computer X     X       Class II Misde-meanor to Class IV Felony
NEVADA; NEV. REV. STAT. § 205.4765 (4) Unlawful acts regarding computers X     X       Misde-meanor
NEW MEXICO; N.M. STAT. ANN. § 30-45-5 Unauthor-ized computer use       X   X   Petty Misde-meanor
SOUTH DAKOTA*;S.D. COD. LAWS § 43-43B-1 (1)–(3) Unlawful uses of computer system       X       Misde-
meanor
PENNSYLVANIA; 18 PA. CONS. STAT. § 7611 (2003) Unlawful use of computer and other computer crimes X X X X X     Felony of the third degree
VERMONT;13 VT. STAT. ANN. § 4102 Unauthorized access X     X       Up to six months imprison-
ment
WASHINGTON;
WASH. REV. CODE § 9A.56.030 		Theft in the first degree            X   Class B Felony
WASH. REV. CODE § 9A.56.040
 Theft in the second degree            X   Class C Felony
WASH. REV. CODE § 9A.56.050
 		Theft in the third degree            X   Gross Misdemeanor
WISCONSIN*;WIS. STAT. § 943.70 (2)
 		Offenses against computer data and programs X X   X   X   Up to Class C Felony

* In some situations, such as with California, if a state has dealt directly with a particular category of computer crime within the context of a larger encompassing computer crime statute, we have included in our statutory analysis a cross reference to the relevant subsection of that state’s statute. We have denoted states that are also listed in our general computer crime statute section with a ‘*’.
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