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If the call is made from an automatic dialing-announcing device and caller identification information includes a name associated with the telephone number, then the caller identification information shall include either the name of the candidate or candidate campaign committee as it appears on the statement of organization that has authorized and is paying for the calls, or the vendor conducting the calls on behalf of the candidate or candidate campaign committee. “Automatic dialing-announcing device” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7 59.1-518.1.\n\t\tIt shall also be unlawful (i) for any candidate or candidate campaign committee who contracts for campaign telephone calls to fail to provide to the persons making the telephone calls the identifying information required by this section or (ii) for any person to provide a false or fictitious name or address when providing the identifying information required.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":213542,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee to make campaign telephone calls without disclosing, before the conclusion of each telephone call, information to identify the candidate or candidate campaign committee who has authorized and is paying for the calls unless such call is terminated prematurely by means beyond the maker’s control.\n\t\tThe person making the telephone call shall disclose the name of the candidate.\n\t\tIt shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee making campaign telephone calls to intentionally modify the caller identification information of any campaign telephone call for the purpose of misleading the recipient as to the identity of the caller. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 874<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d 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 \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 2006, chapters 787<\/a> and 892<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 323<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68500,"section_number":"24.2-955.3","catch_line":"Penalties for violations of this chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-955.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59122,"section_number":"59.1-518.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-518.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":189479,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58291,"identifier":"24.2-959","token":"24.2\/9.5\/5\/24.2-959","url":"\/24.2-959\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-959\/","token":"24.2\/9.5\/5\/24.2-959","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for campaign telephone calls sponsored by a candidate or candidate campaign committee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-959","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee<\/span> to make campaign telephone calls<\/span> without disclosing, before the conclusion of each telephone call<\/span>, information to identify the candidate or candidate campaign committee<\/span> who has authorized and is paying for the calls unless such call is terminated prematurely by means beyond the maker’s control.\n\t\tThe person making the telephone call<\/span> shall disclose the name of the candidate.\n\t\tIt shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee<\/span> making campaign telephone calls<\/span> to intentionally modify the caller identification information of any campaign telephone call<\/span> for the purpose of misleading the recipient as to the identity of the caller. If the call is made from an automatic dialing-announcing device<\/span> and caller identification information includes a name associated with the telephone number, then the caller identification information shall include either the name of the candidate or candidate campaign committee<\/span> as it appears on the statement of organization that has authorized and is paying for the calls, or the vendor conducting the calls on behalf of the candidate or candidate campaign committee<\/span>. “Automatic dialing-announcing device<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7 59.1-518.1<\/a>.\n\t\tIt shall also be unlawful (i) for any candidate or candidate campaign committee<\/span> who contracts<\/span> for campaign telephone calls<\/span> to fail to provide to the persons making the telephone calls the identifying information required by this section or (ii) for any person to provide a false or fictitious name or address when providing the identifying information required.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR CAMPAIGN TELEPHONE CALLS SPONSORED BY A CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATE\nCAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (\u00a7 24.2-959)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee to make\ncampaign telephone calls without disclosing, before the conclusion of each\ntelephone call, information to identify the candidate or candidate campaign\ncommittee who has authorized and is paying for the calls unless such call is\nterminated prematurely by means beyond the maker’s control.\n\t\tThe person making the telephone call shall disclose the name of the candidate.\n\t\tIt shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee making\ncampaign telephone calls to intentionally modify the caller identification\ninformation of any campaign telephone call for the purpose of misleading the\nrecipient as to the identity of the caller. If the call is made from an\nautomatic dialing-announcing device and caller identification information\nincludes a name associated with the telephone number, then the caller\nidentification information shall include either the name of the candidate or\ncandidate campaign committee as it appears on the statement of organization that\nhas authorized and is paying for the calls, or the vendor conducting the calls\non behalf of the candidate or candidate campaign committee. “Automatic\ndialing-announcing device” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7\n59.1-518.1.\n\t\tIt shall also be unlawful (i) for any candidate or candidate campaign\ncommittee who contracts for campaign telephone calls to fail to provide to the\npersons making the telephone calls the identifying information required by this\nsection or (ii) for any person to provide a false or fictitious name or address\nwhen providing the identifying information required.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 874, \u00a7 24.2-1014.1; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2010, c. 323; 2020,\nc. 615.","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}}