{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-63-205","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-63-205","heading":"Misleading caller identification information - Exemptions - Penalties","body":"(a) It is unlawful for a person, in connection with a telecommunications service, to cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information if the purpose is to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value. (b) It is unlawful for a person, in connection with a telecommunications service, to cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information unless the person has verified that the caller has a right to use the name and the phone number displayed. (c) It is unlawful for a telecommunications service to permit or cause a caller identification service or device to display the name or telephone number of the recipient. (d) It is unlawful for a person to use a third party to display or cause to be displayed a fictitious or misleading name or telephone number on an Arkansas resident's telephone caller identification service for any purpose. (e) This section does not prohibit: (1) An authorized activity of a law enforcement agency; (2) Any investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency, including a law enforcement agency of the United States, another state, or a political subdivision of another state, an intelligence agency of the United States, or a protective services shelter or facility, including without limitation a domestic violence shelter, from transmitting or causing to be transmitted, an inaccurate telecommunications number; (3) A telecommunications service from blocking or restricting the name or phone number from being displayed by caller identification equipment or devices; (4) Any activity pursuant to a court order that specifically authorizes the use of caller identification manipulation; or (5) A telecommunications provider or other person from transmitting or causing to be transmitted an inaccurate telecommunications telephone number for a legitimate business purpose. (f) This section does not apply to a telecommunications provider that complies with § 23-17-122 . (g) A violation of this section is a Class D felony. Amended by Act 2019, No. 1074,§ 1, eff. 4/16/2019. Added by Act 2019, No. 677,§ 8, eff. 7/24/2019.\n\n(a) It is unlawful for a person, in connection with a telecommunications service, to cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information if the purpose is to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value.\n\n(b) It is unlawful for a person, in connection with a telecommunications service, to cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information unless the person has verified that the caller has a right to use the name and the phone number displayed.\n\n(c) It is unlawful for a telecommunications service to permit or cause a caller identification service or device to display the name or telephone number of the recipient.\n\n(d) It is unlawful for a person to use a third party to display or cause to be displayed a fictitious or misleading name or telephone number on an Arkansas resident's telephone caller identification service for any purpose.\ned.\n\n(c) It is unlawful for a telecommunications service to permit or cause a caller identification service or device to display the name or telephone number of the recipient.\n\n(d) It is unlawful for a person to use a third party to display or cause to be displayed a fictitious or misleading name or telephone number on an Arkansas resident's telephone caller identification service for any purpose.\n\n(e) This section does not prohibit: (1) An authorized activity of a law enforcement agency; (2) Any investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency, including a law enforcement agency of the United States, another state, or a political subdivision of another state, an intelligence agency of the United States, or a protective services shelter or facility, including without limitation a domestic violence shelter, from transmitting or causing to be transmitted, an inaccurate telecommunications number; (3) A telecommunications service from blocking or restricting the name or phone number from being displayed by caller identification equipment or devices; (4) Any activity pursuant to a court order that specifically authorizes the use of caller identification manipulation; or (5) A telecommunications provider or other person from transmitting or causing to be transmitted an inaccurate telecommunications telephone number for a legitimate business purpose.\n\n(1) An authorized activity of a law enforcement agency;\n\n(2) Any investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency, including a law enforcement agency of the United States, another state, or a political subdivision of another state, an intelligence agency of the United States, or a protective services shelter or facility, including without limitation a domestic violence shelter, from transmitting or causing to be transmitted, an inaccurate telecommunications number;\n\n(3) A telecommunications service from blocking or restricting the name or phone number from being displayed by caller identification equipment or devices;\n\n(4) Any activity pursuant to a court order that specifically authorizes the use of caller identification manipulation; or\n\n(5) A telecommunications provider or other person from transmitting or causing to be transmitted an inaccurate telecommunications telephone number for a legitimate business purpose.\n\n(f) This section does not apply to a telecommunications provider that complies with § 23-17-122 .\n\n(g) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 63","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"d5056974983beaf5c7383cc6627459c126f105e8be3f469137e4481b974f54f6","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-63-204","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-63-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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