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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58291</law_id><section_number>24.2-959</section_number><catch_line>Requirements for campaign telephone calls sponsored by a candidate or candidate campaign committee</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-955.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9.5">Political Campaign Advertisements</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Campaign Telephone Call Requirements</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any candidate or <span class="dictionary">candidate campaign committee</span> to make <span class="dictionary">campaign telephone calls</span> without disclosing, before the conclusion of each <span class="dictionary">telephone call</span>, information to identify the candidate or <span class="dictionary">candidate campaign committee</span> who has authorized and is paying for the calls unless such call is terminated prematurely by means beyond the maker&#x2019;s control.
		The person making the <span class="dictionary">telephone call</span> shall disclose the name of the candidate.
		It shall be unlawful for any candidate or <span class="dictionary">candidate campaign committee</span> making <span class="dictionary">campaign telephone calls</span> to intentionally modify the caller identification information of any campaign <span class="dictionary">telephone call</span> for the purpose of misleading the recipient as to the identity of the caller. If the call is made from an <span class="dictionary">automatic dialing-announcing device</span> and caller identification information includes a name associated with the telephone number, then the caller identification information shall include either the name of the candidate or <span class="dictionary">candidate campaign committee</span> as it appears on the statement of organization that has authorized and is paying for the calls, or the vendor conducting the calls on behalf of the candidate or <span class="dictionary">candidate campaign committee</span>. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Automatic dialing-announcing device</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/59.1-518.1/">59.1-518.1</a>.
		It shall also be unlawful (i) for any candidate or <span class="dictionary">candidate campaign committee</span> who <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> for <span class="dictionary">campaign telephone calls</span> to fail to provide to the persons making the telephone calls the identifying information required by this section or (ii) for any person to provide a false or fictitious name or address when providing the identifying information required.</p></section></text><history>2000, c. 874, &#xA7; 24.2-1014.1; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2010, c. 323; 2020, c. 615.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
