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Where technically feasible, wireline and wireless telephone providers shall provide calling party number identification for all wireless #77 calls. Any communications services provider, as defined in § 58.1-647, including mobile service, in this Commonwealth shall not be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from rendering such service with or without charge related to #77 calls unless such act or omission was the result of such service provider’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":223731,"text":"Telephone number #77 is hereby designated as an official access number for wireless telephone usage in the Commonwealth for access to designated offices of the Department of State Police and shall be used solely for official business.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":223732,"text":"No caller shall block caller identification or other essential information on calls made to telephone number #77. Where technically feasible, wireline and wireless telephone providers shall provide calling party number identification for all wireless #77 calls. Any communications services provider, as defined in § 58.1-647, including mobile service, in this Commonwealth shall not be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from rendering such service with or without charge related to #77 calls unless such act or omission was the result of such service provider’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13884,"edition_id":1,"name":"Enhanced Public Safety Telephone Services Act","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13123,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:10","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:10","permalink":{"id":250023,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13884,"identifier":"7","token":"56\/15\/7","url":"\/56\/15\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13123,"edition_id":1,"name":"Telegraph and Telephone Companies","identifier":"15","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12881,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:19","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:19","permalink":{"id":249827,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13123,"identifier":"15","token":"56\/15","url":"\/56\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12881,"edition_id":1,"name":"Public Service Companies","identifier":"56","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":248473,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12881,"identifier":"56","token":"56","url":"\/56\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":54917,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.12","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/56-484.12\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.12","metadata":false},{"id":57474,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.12:1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-484.12_1\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.12_1","metadata":false},{"id":85529,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.13","catch_line":"9-1-1 Services Board; membership; terms; compensation","url":"\/56-484.13\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.13","metadata":false},{"id":69137,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.14","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the 9-1-1 Services Board","url":"\/56-484.14\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.14","metadata":false},{"id":80056,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.15","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-484.15\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.15","metadata":false},{"id":66844,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.16","catch_line":"Local emergency telecommunications requirements; text messages; use of digits \"9-1-1.\"","url":"\/56-484.16\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.16","metadata":false},{"id":83944,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.16:1","catch_line":"PSAP dispatchers; training requirements","url":"\/56-484.16_1\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.16_1","metadata":false},{"id":72191,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.17","catch_line":"Wireless E-911 Fund; uses of Fund; enforcement; audit required","url":"\/56-484.17\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.17","metadata":false},{"id":67047,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.17:1","catch_line":"Collection of prepaid wireless E-911 charge at point of sale; rate established","url":"\/56-484.17_1\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.17_1","metadata":false},{"id":61227,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.18","catch_line":"Designation of official State Police access number; blocking caller identification prohibited","url":"\/56-484.18\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.18","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":67047,"structure_id":13884,"section_number":"56-484.17:1","catch_line":"Collection of prepaid wireless E-911 charge at point of sale; rate established","url":"\/56-484.17_1\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.17_1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/56-484.18\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 771<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2006, chapter 780<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67946,"section_number":"58.1-647","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-647\/"}],"permalink":{"id":250061,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61227,"identifier":"56-484.18","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.18","url":"\/56-484.18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-484.18\/","token":"56\/15\/7\/56-484.18","dublin_core":{"Title":"Designation of official State Police access number; blocking caller identification prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-484.18","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Telephone number #77 is hereby designated as an official access number for wireless telephone usage in the Commonwealth for access to designated offices of the Department of State Police and shall be used solely for official business. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No caller shall block caller identification or other essential information on calls made to telephone number #77. Where technically feasible, wireline and wireless telephone providers shall provide calling party<\/span> number identification for all wireless #77 calls. Any communications services provider, as defined in § 58.1-647<\/a>, including mobile service, in this Commonwealth shall not be liable for any civil damages<\/span> for any act or omission resulting from rendering such service with or without charge related to #77 calls unless such act or omission was the result of such service provider’s gross negligence<\/span> or willful misconduct. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL STATE POLICE ACCESS NUMBER; BLOCKING CALLER\nIDENTIFICATION PROHIBITED (\u00a7 56-484.18)\n\nA. Telephone number #77 is hereby designated as an official access number for\nwireless telephone usage in the Commonwealth for access to designated offices of\nthe Department of State Police and shall be used solely for official business.\n\nB. No caller shall block caller identification or other essential information on\ncalls made to telephone number #77. Where technically feasible, wireline and\nwireless telephone providers shall provide calling party number identification\nfor all wireless #77 calls. Any communications services provider, as defined in\n§ 58.1-647, including mobile service, in this Commonwealth shall not be\nliable for any civil damages for any act or omission resulting from rendering\nsuch service with or without charge related to #77 calls unless such act or\nomission was the result of such service provider’s gross negligence or\nwillful misconduct.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 771; 2006, c. 780.","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}}