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

Connecticut Statutes

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

Connecticut § 16-256e

Title 16Public Service Companies

Ch. 283Telephone, Gas, Power and Water Companies

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-256e (2026).

Text

(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.

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(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.

Legislative History

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