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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 427<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":250087,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86230,"identifier":"56-484.24","token":"56\/15\/8\/56-484.24","url":"\/56-484.24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-484.24\/","token":"56\/15\/8\/56-484.24","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-484.24","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> An MLTS provider<\/span>, its employees or agents shall not be liable to any person<\/span> for damages<\/span> incurred as a result of any act or omission by it, except gross negligence<\/span> or intentional, willful or wanton misconduct, in connection with maintaining or operating the MLTS in a manner required by this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A telecommunications service provider, its employees or agents shall not be liable to any person<\/span> for damages<\/span> incurred as the result of the release of information not in the public record, including, but not limited to, unpublished or unlisted telephone numbers, to a PSAP<\/span>, its employees or agents, or to emergency responders<\/span>, made in connection with an emergency call<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY (\u00a7 56-484.24)\n\nA. An MLTS provider, its employees or agents shall not be liable to any person\nfor damages incurred as a result of any act or omission by it, except gross\nnegligence or intentional, willful or wanton misconduct, in connection with\nmaintaining or operating the MLTS in a manner required by this article.\n\nB. A telecommunications service provider, its employees or agents shall not be\nliable to any person for damages incurred as the result of the release of\ninformation not in the public record, including, but not limited to, unpublished\nor unlisted telephone numbers, to a PSAP, its employees or agents, or to\nemergency responders, made in connection with an emergency call.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 427.","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}}