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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 26-3. Use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising.
(a) Definitions:
(1) “Facsimile machine” means a device which is capable of sending or receiving facsimiles of documents through connection with a telecommunications network.
(2) “Person” means an individual, public or private corporation, unit of government, partnership or unincorporated association.
(b) A person commits use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising when he or she knowingly uses a facsimile machine to send or cause to be sent to another person a facsimile of a document containing unsolicited advertising or fund-raising material, except to a person which the sender knows or under all of the circumstances reasonably believes has given the sender permission, either on a case by case or continuing basis, for the sending of the material.
(c) Sentence. Any person who violates subsection (b) is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 720. Criminal Offenses § 5/26-3. Use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-720-criminal-offenses/il-st-sect-720-5-26-3/
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