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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57683</law_id><section_number>8.01-40.2</section_number><catch_line>Unsolicited transmission of advertising materials by facsimile machine</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-200</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Injury to Person or Property</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> aggrieved by the intentional electronic or telephonic transmission to a facsimile device of unsolicited advertising <span class="dictionary">material</span> may bring an <span class="dictionary">action</span> against the <span class="dictionary">person</span> responsible for the transmission to enjoin further violations and to recover the greater of (i) actual <span class="dictionary">damages</span> sustained, together with costs and reasonable attorneys&#x2019; fees, or (ii) $500. Carriers or other companies which provide facsimile transmission services shall not be responsible for transmissions of unsolicited advertising <span class="dictionary">materials</span> by their customers. An <span class="dictionary">action</span> brought pursuant to this section shall be commenced within two years of the transmission. <a id="paragraph-211326" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-40.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any intentional transmission to a facsimile device of any unsolicited advertising <span class="dictionary">material</span> shall be a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Title" href="/59.1-196/">59.1-196</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-211327" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-40.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 246; 2003, c. 800.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
