---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 95.1733"
title: "47"
number: "95.1733"
heading: "Prohibited GMRS uses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/95.1733"
---

# §95.1733. Prohibited GMRS uses.

- (a) In addition to the prohibited uses outlined in [§ 95.333](/cfr/47/95.333.md) of this chapter, GMRS stations must not communicate:
  - (1) Messages in connection with any activity which is against Federal, State, or local law;
  - (2) False or deceptive messages;
  - (3) Coded messages or messages with hidden meanings (“10 codes” are permissible);
  - (4) Music, whistling, sound effects or material to amuse or entertain;
  - (5) Advertisements or offers for the sale of goods or services;
  - (6) Advertisements for a political candidate or political campaign (messages about the campaign business may be communicated);
  - (7) International distress signals, such as the word “Mayday” (except when on a ship, aircraft or other vehicle in immediate danger to ask for help);
  - (8) Messages which are both conveyed by a wireline control link and transmitted by a GMRS station;
  - (9) Messages (except emergency messages) to any station in the Amateur Radio Service, to any unauthorized station, or to any foreign station;
  - (10) Continuous or uninterrupted transmissions, except for communications involving the immediate safety of life or property; and
  - (11) **Messages for public address systems.**
  - (12) The provision of [§ 95.333](/cfr/47/95.333.md) apply, however, if the licensee is a corporation and the license so indicates, it may use its GMRS system to furnish non-profit radio communication service to its parent corporation, to another subsidiary of the same parent, or to its own subsidiary.
- (b) GMRS stations must not be used for one-way communications other than those listed in [§ 95.1731(b)](/cfr/47/95.1731.md?p=b). Initial transmissions to establish two-way communications and data transmissions listed in [§ 95.1731(d)](/cfr/47/95.1731.md?p=d) are not considered to be one-way communications for the purposes of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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