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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0528\">528<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0553\">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 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 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0626\">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":262399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78568,"identifier":"59.1-512","token":"59.1\/44\/59.1-512","url":"\/59.1-512\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-512\/","token":"59.1\/44\/59.1-512","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Identification of telephone solicitor required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-512","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">telephone solicitor<\/span> who makes a <span class=\"dictionary\">telephone solicitation<\/span> via telephone call shall identify himself by his first and last names and the name of the person on whose behalf the <span class=\"dictionary\">telephone solicitation<\/span> is being made promptly upon making contact with the recipient of such solicitation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026) IDENTIFICATION OF TELEPHONE SOLICITOR REQUIRED (\u00a7\n59.1-512)\n\nA telephone solicitor who makes a telephone solicitation via telephone call\nshall identify himself by his first and last names and the name of the person on\nwhose behalf the telephone solicitation is being made promptly upon making\ncontact with the recipient of such solicitation.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, cc. 528, 553; 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}}