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Oklahoma
Anti-Caller ID Spoofing Act
Okla. Stat. tit. 15, §§ 776.20 to 776.23
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A telephone contact rule binding private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
What it requires
- Do not knowingly insert false caller identification information into a caller identification system with the intent to mislead, defraud, or deceive the recipient of a telephone call; inserting the true name or number of the person on whose behalf an authorized call is placed is not false information.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionYes
Criminal exposure note
A knowing violation is a misdemeanor punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, a fine of not more than $10,000.00 per incident, or both.
Penalty structure
The statute states the cap "per incident"; each spoofed call is treated here as one violation.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 10,000
Statutory damages
A consumer who also shows the conduct was unconscionable may recover, in an individual action only, a civil penalty in a sum the court sets of not more than $2,000.00 for each violation; the figure is a ceiling, not a fixed sum, and is added to actual damages, costs and attorney's fees.
- As of
- Currency
- USD
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Oklahoma Attorney General
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Does a caller that displays a number it does not own but that connects back to the caller, such as a call center's main line, 'insert false information' within 15 O.S. § 776.22(4), which defines false information as data that 'misrepresents the identity of the caller'?
What this law does
A caller may not knowingly insert false information into a caller identification system with the intent to mislead, defraud, or deceive the recipient of a telephone call; information is not false where a person making an authorized call on another's behalf inserts that other person's own name or number. The Act does not apply to blocking caller identification information or to a law enforcement, intelligence, or security agency.
A knowing violation is a misdemeanor punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, a fine not more than $10,000.00 per incident, or both, and is also a violation of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app places automated calls.
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