§ 59.1-513 (Effective January 1, 2026) Transmission of solicitor identification information required
A. A telephone solicitor who makes a telephone solicitation shall transmit the telephone number, and, when available by the telephone solicitor’s carrier, the name of the telephone solicitor. The number so provided must permit, during regular business hours, any individual to make a request not to receive telephone solicitations. In the case of a telephone solicitation via text message, this requirement is satisfied if the number so provided accepts a request by reply text message not to receive future text messages as provided in subsection A of § 59.1-514.
B. No telephone solicitor shall take any intentional action to prevent the transmission of the telephone solicitor’s name or telephone number to any person receiving a telephone solicitation or engage in any conduct that results in the display of false or misleading identification information on the contacted person’s telephone.
C. It shall not be a violation of this section to substitute for the name and telephone number used in, or billed for, making the solicitation the name of the person on whose behalf the telephone solicitation is being made and that person’s customer service telephone number.
History
This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 528 and 553 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2004, chapters 202 and 224; in 2020, chapters 263 and 607; in 2025, chapter 626.
2001, cc. 528, 553; 2004, cc. 202, 224; 2020, cc. 263, 607; 2025, c. 626.