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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 332; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165921,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85910,"identifier":"18.2-166","token":"18.2\/5\/8\/18.2-166","url":"\/18.2-166\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-166\/","token":"18.2\/5\/8\/18.2-166","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosing or inducing disclosure of certain information concerning customers of telephone companies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-166","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Who is an employee of a telephone company, or an employee of a company which prints or otherwise handles lists of telephone customers for a telephone company and who discloses to another the names, addresses, or telephone numbers of any two or more customers of telephone service, knowing that such disclosure is without the consent of the telephone company furnishing said service; or <a id=\"paragraph-307717\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-166\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Who knowingly induces such an employee to make such disclosure by giving, offering, or promising to such employee any gift, gratuity, or thing of value, or by doing or promising to do any act beneficial to such employee; or <a id=\"paragraph-307718\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-166\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Who takes, copies, or compiles any list containing the aforesaid information knowing that such conduct is without the consent of the telephone company furnishing said service; or <a id=\"paragraph-307719\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-166\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Who attempts, aids or abets another, or conspires with another, to commit any of the aforesaid acts,\n\t\t\tshall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-307720\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-166\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSING OR INDUCING DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING CUSTOMERS OF\nTELEPHONE COMPANIES (\u00a7 18.2-166)\n\nAny person:\n\n1. Who is an employee of a telephone company, or an employee of a company which\nprints or otherwise handles lists of telephone customers for a telephone company\nand who discloses to another the names, addresses, or telephone numbers of any\ntwo or more customers of telephone service, knowing that such disclosure is\nwithout the consent of the telephone company furnishing said service; or\n\n2. Who knowingly induces such an employee to make such disclosure by giving,\noffering, or promising to such employee any gift, gratuity, or thing of value,\nor by doing or promising to do any act beneficial to such employee; or\n\n3. Who takes, copies, or compiles any list containing the aforesaid information\nknowing that such conduct is without the consent of the telephone company\nfurnishing said service; or\n\n4. Who attempts, aids or abets another, or conspires with another, to commit any\nof the aforesaid acts,\n\t\t\tshall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-417.1; 1968, c. 332; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}