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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) “Telemarketing solicitation” means and includes any communication between a telemarketer and a prospective purchaser for the purpose of selling or attempting to sell the purchaser any consumer goods or services, if it is intended by the telemarketer that an agreement to purchase the consumer goods or services will be made after any of the following events occur:
(1) The telemarketer makes an unsolicited telephone call to a consumer, attempting to sell consumer goods or services to the consumer, when the consumer has not previously expressed an interest to the telemarketer in purchasing, investing in, or obtaining information regarding, the consumer goods or services offered by the telemarketer; or
(2) The telemarketer communicates with a consumer by any means and invites or directs the consumer to respond by any means to the telemarketer's communications, and the telemarketer intends to enter into an agreement with the consumer for the purchase of consumer goods or services at some time during the course of one or more subsequent telephone communications with the consumer.
(b) For purposes of this article, “communication” means a written or oral notification or advertisement transmitted from a telemarketer to a consumer by any means.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 46A. West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act § 46A-6F-112. Telemarketing solicitation - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-46a-west-virginia-consumer-credit-and-protection-act/wv-code-sect-46a-6f-112/
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