{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-256e","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-256e","heading":"Recorded telephone message devices prohibited. Blocking devices or services prohibited: Class A misdemeanor.","body":"(a) No person may use any device which transmits an unsolicited recorded telephone message for any commercial, business or advertising purpose to any telephone customer in the state and which continues the call and message after the customer hangs up the receiver. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.\n(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while intentionally using a blocking device or service to circumvent a telephone customer's use of a caller identification service or device shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 16. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES","CHAPTER 283*. TELEPHONE, GAS, POWER AND WATER COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_283.htm#sec_16-256e","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:01Z","sha256":"72e819dc9393e9965843d0181c4d7276391927f03fc72c4831d7049a7d475ce0","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-256d","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-256f"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}