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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68026</law_id><section_number>59.1-513</section_number><catch_line>(Effective January 1, 2026) Transmission of solicitor identification information required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-514.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="44">Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitor</span> who makes a <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitation</span> shall transmit the telephone number, and, when available by the <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitor</span>&#x2019;s carrier, the name of the <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitor</span>. The number so provided must permit, during regular business hours, any individual to make a request not to receive <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitations</span>. In the case of a <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitation</span> via text message, this requirement is satisfied if the number so provided accepts a request by reply text message not to receive future text messages as provided in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective January 1, 2026) Unwanted telephone solicitations prohibited" href="/59.1-514/">59.1-514</a>. <a id="paragraph-246266" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-513/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitor</span> shall take any intentional action to prevent the transmission of the <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitor</span>&#x2019;s name or telephone number to any person receiving a <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitation</span> or engage in any conduct that results in the display of false or misleading identification information on the contacted person&#x2019;s telephone. <a id="paragraph-246267" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-513/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> It shall not be a violation of this section to substitute for the name and telephone number used in, or billed for, making the solicitation the name of the person on whose behalf the <span class="dictionary">telephone solicitation</span> is being made and that person&#x2019;s customer service telephone number. <a id="paragraph-246268" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-513/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, cc. 528, 553; 2004, cc. 202, 224; 2020, cc. 263, 607; 2025, c. 626.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
