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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 202<\/a> and 224<\/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":262407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80030,"identifier":"59.1-513.1","token":"59.1\/44\/59.1-513.1","url":"\/59.1-513.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-513.1\/","token":"59.1\/44\/59.1-513.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Effective until January 1, 2026) Abandoned telephone solicitation calls","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-513.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a live sales representative is not available to speak with the person answering a telephone solicitation<\/span> call within two seconds of the person’s completed greeting, the telephone solicitor<\/span> shall play a prerecorded identification message that states the name and telephone number of the person on whose behalf the telephone solicitation<\/span> call was being made. The number so provided shall permit, during regular business hours, any individual to make a request not to receive telephone solicitation<\/span> calls.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EFFECTIVE UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2026) ABANDONED TELEPHONE SOLICITATION CALLS (\u00a7\n59.1-513.1)\n\nWhenever a live sales representative is not available to speak with the person\nanswering a telephone solicitation call within two seconds of the person’s\ncompleted greeting, the telephone solicitor shall play a prerecorded\nidentification message that states the name and telephone number of the person\non whose behalf the telephone solicitation call was being made. The number so\nprovided shall permit, during regular business hours, any individual to make a\nrequest not to receive telephone solicitation calls.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 202, 224.","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}}