Connecticut General Statutes/Title 16/Chapter 283/Section 16-256e

CGS § 16-256e. Recorded telephone message devices prohibited. Blocking devices or services prohibited: Class A misdemeanor.

(a) No person may use any device which transmits an unsolicited recorded telephone message for any commercial, business or advertising purpose to any telephone customer in the state and which continues the call and message after the customer hangs up the receiver. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.

(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while intentionally using a blocking device or service to circumvent a telephone customer's use of a caller identification service or device shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Short History

(P.A. 83-419; P.A. 99-286, S. 11, 19; P.A. 14-14, S. 1; P.A. 18-135, S. 1.)

Long History

History: P.A. 99-286 made technical changes, effective July 19, 1999; P.A. 14-14 increased fine from $500 to $1,000; P.A. 18-135 designated existing provisions re device which transmits unsolicited recorded telephone message as Subsec. (a), and added Subsec. (b) establishing use of blocking devices or services as a class A misdemeanor.

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