{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-429","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 59.1-429","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter:\"Division\" means the Division of Consumer Counsel in the Department of Law.\"Information provider\" means any person providing pay-per-call services.\"Long distance carrier\" means any interexchange telephone company providing services within the Commonwealth.\"Pay-per-call service\" means any passive, interactive, polling, conference, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed by telephone, through a 900 number exchange or otherwise, and generates a service-related fee billed to a telephone customer.\"Telephone company\" means a certificated local exchange telephone company which owns, manages, or controls any plant or equipment or any part of a plant or equipment within the Commonwealth for the conveyance of telephone messages, either directly or indirectly.1991, cc. 608, 630; 2012, cc. 803, 835.","path":["Title 59.1. TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 33. PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES ACT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/59.1-429/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:49Z","sha256":"1eb128691f1309866f2c955e3056123edea15a7b14db02887a1df6bb4fde4877","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-428","next":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-430"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}