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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 528<\/a> and 553<\/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 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 2004, chapters 202<\/a> and 224<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 626<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86959,"section_number":"59.1-514.1","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Joint liability of seller and telephone solicitor for prohibited acts; rebuttable presumption","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-514.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262395,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77583,"identifier":"59.1-511","token":"59.1\/44\/59.1-511","url":"\/59.1-511\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-511\/","token":"59.1\/44\/59.1-511","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Solicitation time restrictions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No telephone solicitor<\/span> shall initiate, or cause to be initiated, a telephone solicitation<\/span> at any time other than between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. local time at the contacted person’s location, unless the telephone solicitor<\/span> has obtained the prior consent of the contacted person.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026) SOLICITATION TIME RESTRICTIONS (\u00a7 59.1-511)\n\nNo telephone solicitor shall initiate, or cause to be initiated, a telephone\nsolicitation at any time other than between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. local time\nat the contacted person’s location, unless the telephone solicitor has\nobtained the prior consent of the contacted person.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, cc. 528, 553; 2004, cc. 202, 224; 2025, c. 626.","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}}