RCW 19.250.005 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Directory” or “directory form” means a categorized list or compilation of phone numbers, or a single phone number, in written, audio, electronic, digital, or any other format. (2) “Directory provider” means any person in the business […]
RCW 19.250.010 Wireless subscriber must opt-in to any directory database—Disclosure requirement. (1) A radio communications service company or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a radio communications service company shall not include the wireless phone number of any subscriber for inclusion in any directory of any form, nor shall it sell the contents […]
RCW 19.250.020 Reasonable investigation required—Consent. (1) A directory provider shall not include any phone number that belongs to a Washington state resident in any directory of any form, or sell the contents of any directory database, without first undertaking a reasonable ongoing investigation as to whether the phone number is a wireless phone number. An […]
RCW 19.250.030 Removal from directory—Reverse phone number search services. (1) A subscriber may request that a directory provider or a radio communications service company remove their wireless phone number from a directory of any form at any time. A radio communications service company or a directory provider shall, at no cost to the subscriber, comply […]
RCW 19.250.040 Violation—Application of chapter 19.86 RCW. The legislature finds that allowing a subscriber to opt out of a reverse phone number search service vitally affects the public interest for the purpose of applying chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of RCW 19.250.030 by a provider of a reverse phone number search service is not reasonable […]
RCW 19.250.050 Violations—Penalties—Attorney general may enforce—Limitation of liability. (1) Every knowing violation of RCW 19.250.010 is punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars and no more than fifty thousand dollars for each violation. (2) Including a wireless phone number in a directory without a subscriber’s express, opt-in consent pursuant to RCW […]
RCW 19.250.070 Application of chapter—Limitations. (1) The provision or maintenance of a subscriber’s wireless phone number is not prohibited by this chapter when the number is provided or maintained by: (a) Any law enforcement agency, fire protection agency, public health agency, public environmental health agency, city or county emergency services planning agency, or corporation operating […]
