West Virginia § 46A-6G-2 Limitations on unauthorized electronic mail

West Virginia Statutes

§ 46A-6G-2 — Limitations on unauthorized electronic mail

West Virginia § 46A-6G-2

Ch. 46AWEST VIRGINIA CONSUMER CREDIT AND PROTECTION ACT

Art. 6GELECTRONIC MAIL PROTECTION ACT

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W. Va. Code § 46A-6G-2 (2026).

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No person may initiate the transmission of an unauthorized electronic mail message with the intent to deceive and defraud, or a bulk electronic mail message from a computer located in the State of West Virginia or to an electronic mail address that the sender knows, or has reason to know, is held by a West Virginia resident that:

(1)Uses a third party's Internet domain name without the permission of the third party, or otherwise misrepresents any information in identifying the point of origin or the transmission path of a commercial electronic mail message;

(2)Contains false or misleading information in the subject line;

(3)Does not clearly provide the date and time the message is sent, the identity of the person sending the message, and the return electronic mail address of that per

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No person may initiate the transmission of an unauthorized electronic mail message with the intent to deceive and defraud, or a bulk electronic mail message from a computer located in the State of West Virginia or to an electronic mail address that the sender knows, or has reason to know, is held by a West Virginia resident that:

(1) Uses a third party's Internet domain name without the permission of the third party, or otherwise misrepresents any information in identifying the point of origin or the transmission path of a commercial electronic mail message;

(2) Contains false or misleading information in the subject line;

(3) Does not clearly provide the date and time the message is sent, the identity of the person sending the message, and the return electronic mail address of that person; or

(4) Contains "sexually explicit materials" which are defined as a visual depiction, in actual or simulated form, or an explicit description in a predominately sexual context, nudity, human genitalia, or any act of natural or unnatural sexual intercourse.