CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTY OF TELEPHONE COMPANIES; NOTICES IN DIRECTORIES (§ 18.2-431)

(1. It shall be the duty, on pain of contempt of court, of each telephone
company in this Commonwealth to furnish immediately in response to a subpoena
issued by a circuit court such information as it, its officers and employees may
possess which, in the opinion of the court, may aid in the apprehension of
persons suspected of violating the provisions of this article or the provisions
of § 18.2-83 or § 18.2-212.

(2. Every telephone directory distributed to the public which lists the calling
numbers of telephones or of any telephone exchange located in this Commonwealth
shall contain a notice which explains the offenses made punishable under this
article, such notice to be printed in type which conforms with and is comparable
to other type on the same page, and to be placed in a prominent place in such
directory. Any violation of this subsection shall be punishable as a Class 4
misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 18.1-238, 18.1-371; 1960, c. 358; 1964, c. 577; 1975,
cc. 14, 15; 1982, c. 502.