Indiana § 24-5-22-8 - Commercial electronic mail; prohibited practices
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§ 24-5-22-8. Commercial electronic mail; prohibited practices
Sec. 8. A person may not do any of the following:
(1) Send unsolicited commercial electronic mail and fail to use "ADV:" as the initial four (4) characters in the subject line of the electronic mail. This subdivision does not apply if any of the following apply:
(A) The sender of the electronic mail has a current business relationship with the recipient of the electronic mail.
(B) The sender of the electronic mail is an organization using the electronic mail to communicate with its members.
(C) The sender of the electronic mail is an organization using the electronic mail to communicate exclusively with the organization's employees or contractors, or both.
(2) Send unsolicited commercial electronic mail and fail to use "ADV:ADLT" as the first eight (8) characters in the subject line of the electronic mail if the unsolicited commercial electronic mail is any of the following:
(A) The unsolicited commercial electronic mail contains a solicitation for the sale or lease of services or tangible or intangible personal or real property that may not be purchased, leased, or possessed by a minor under Indiana law.
(B) The unsolicited commercial electronic mail contains a solicitation for an extension of credit.
(C) The unsolicited commercial electronic mail contains matter that is harmful to minors under Indiana law.
(3) Send unsolicited commercial electronic mail and fail to provide a means for the recipient easily and at no cost to the recipient to remove the recipient's name from the sender's electronic mail address lists.
(4) Send unsolicited commercial electronic mail to a recipient who has asked the sender to remove the recipient's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail address lists.
(5) Provide to a third person the electronic mail address of a recipient who has asked the sender to remove the recipient's electronic mail address from the sender's electronic mail address lists. This subdivision applies to a third person who is a part of the sender's business organization. This subdivision does not prohibit providing a recipient's electronic mail address to a third person for the sole purpose of inclusion of the electronic mail address on a do-not-mail list.
As added by P.L.36-2003, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 24-5-22-8 ("Commercial electronic mail; prohibited practices") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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