Virginia § 18.2-166 - Disclosing or inducing disclosure of certain information concerning customers of telephone companies
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 18.2-166 — Disclosing or inducing disclosure of certain information concerning customers of telephone companies, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18.2-166. Disclosing or inducing disclosure of certain information concerning customers of telephone companies
Any person:
(1) Who is an employee of a telephone company, or an employee of a company which prints or otherwise handles lists of telephone customers for a telephone company and who discloses to another the names, addresses, or telephone numbers of any two or more customers of telephone service, knowing that such disclosure is without the consent of the telephone company furnishing said service; or
(2) Who knowingly induces such an employee to make such disclosure by giving, offering, or promising to such employee any gift, gratuity, or thing of value, or by doing or promising to do any act beneficial to such employee; or
(3) Who takes, copies, or compiles any list containing the aforesaid information knowing that such conduct is without the consent of the telephone company furnishing said service; or
(4) Who attempts, aids or abets another, or conspires with another, to commit any of the aforesaid acts,
shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Code 1950, § 18.1-417.1; 1968, c. 332; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 18.2-166 ("Disclosing or inducing disclosure of certain information concerning customers of telephone companies") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. 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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