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Delaware Statutes § 8045A Use of prerecorded or automated voice message

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Statute Text

(a) Every individual, party, entity, person, including a corporation, organization, political or otherwise, candidate for public office, political party, company, or otherwise that makes an automated telephone call, which includes without limitation a pre-recorded or automated voice message and is commonly referred to as a "robo call", in support of and/or against a candidate for public office and/or a political party shall fully disclose, at the start of such call and before any message is delivered:
(1) The full, legal name of the individual, party, entity, person, including a corporation, organization, political or otherwise, candidate for public office, political party, committee, company, or otherwise on whose behalf such individual, party, entity, person, including a corporation, organization, political or otherwise, candidate for public office, political party, committee, company, or otherwise is placing the automated call;
(2) The individual, party, entity, person, including a corporation, organization, political or otherwise, candidate for public office, political party, committee, company, or otherwise that has paid for the automated telephone call; and
(3) When paragraphs (a)(1) and/or (a)(2) of this section are other than an individual, disclosure of the name of the president (or other chief officer and treasurer) of the entity listed in paragraphs (a)(1) and/or (a)(2) of this section shall also be made.
(b) An automated call, as described in subsection (a) of this section, shall be received no earlier than 8 a.m. nor later then 9 p.m., as such time is determined in the State.
(c) Failure to make the disclosures mandated by subsection (a) of this section or to comply with the restrictions set forth in subsection (b) of this section shall result in a civil fine of $25 per incident, as determined by each household in the State that was called and the caller failed to make the necessary disclosures in subsection (a) of this section or a call was received in violation of the restrictions set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

History

Renumbered as 15 Del. C. § 8045A by Laws 2019 , ch. 170 , s 18 , eff. 7/30/2019 .

77 Del. Laws, c. 280 , § 1 .;

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