47 CFR 95.353 - False distress signals.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 47 - Telecommunication last revised: Feb 05, 2026

View all text of Subpart A [§ 95.100 - § 95.499]

§ 95.353 - False distress signals.

Link to an amendment published at 90 FR 57711, Dec. 12, 2025.

No person shall transmit or cause to be transmitted by a Personal Radio Services station any false or fraudulent signals of distress, or communication relating thereto. See section 325(a) of the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 325(a)).

authority: 47 U.S.C. 154,303,307

source: 82 FR 41104, Aug. 29, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 47 CFR 95.353