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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 699<\/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":[{"id":58291,"section_number":"24.2-959","catch_line":"Requirements for campaign telephone calls sponsored by a candidate or candidate campaign committee","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-959\/"},{"id":75550,"section_number":"24.2-959.1","catch_line":"Requirements for campaign telephone calls sponsored by a political committee or person other than a candidate or candidate campaign committee","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-959.1\/"},{"id":82977,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59122,"identifier":"59.1-518.1","token":"59.1\/44.1\/59.1-518.1","url":"\/59.1-518.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-518.1\/","token":"59.1\/44.1\/59.1-518.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-518.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Automatic dialing-announcing device<\/span>” means a device that (i) selects and dials telephone numbers and (ii) working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, disseminates a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to the telephone number called.\n\t\t“Caller<\/span>” means a person that attempts to contact, or contacts, a subscriber<\/span> in the Commonwealth by using a telephone or telephone line.\n\t\t“Commercial telephone solicitation<\/span>” means any unsolicited call to a subscriber<\/span> when (i) the person initiating the call has not had a prior business or personal relationship with the subscriber<\/span> and (ii) the purpose of the call is to solicit the purchase or the consideration of the purchase of goods or services by the subscriber<\/span>. The term does not include calls initiated by the Commonwealth or a political subdivision for exclusively public purposes.\n\t\t“Subscriber<\/span>” means (i) a person who has subscribed to telephone service from a telephone company or (ii) other persons living or residing with the person.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-518.1)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Automatic dialing-announcing device” means a device that (i)\nselects and dials telephone numbers and (ii) working alone or in conjunction\nwith other equipment, disseminates a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to\nthe telephone number called.\n\t\t“Caller” means a person that attempts to contact, or contacts, a\nsubscriber in the Commonwealth by using a telephone or telephone line.\n\t\t“Commercial telephone solicitation” means any unsolicited call to\na subscriber when (i) the person initiating the call has not had a prior\nbusiness or personal relationship with the subscriber and (ii) the purpose of\nthe call is to solicit the purchase or the consideration of the purchase of\ngoods or services by the subscriber. The term does not include calls initiated\nby the Commonwealth or a political subdivision for exclusively public purposes.\n\t\t“Subscriber” means (i) a person who has subscribed to telephone\nservice from a telephone company or (ii) other persons living or residing with\nthe person.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 699.","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}}