Public Utilities Code section 558

Every telephone corporation and telegraph corporation operating in this State shall receive, transmit, and deliver, without discrimination or delay, the conversations and messages of every other such corporation with whose line a physical connection has been made.

Source: Section 558, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=558. (updated Jan. 1, 1951; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/public_utilities_code_section_558

Original Source: Section 558, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=558. (last accessed May 12, 2025).