68A.506 Use of false caller identification for campaign purposes prohibited.
1. A person shall not knowingly use or provide to another person either of the following:
a. False caller identification information with intent to defraud for purposes related to expressly advocating the nomination, election, or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or for the passage or defeat of a clearly identified ballot issue.
b. Caller identification information pertaining to an actual person without that person’s consent and with intent to deceive the recipient of a call about the identity of the caller.
2. This section shall not apply to conduct that was lawfully authorized as investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a state, or a political subdivision of a state.
3. As used in this section:
a. “Caller identification information” means information regarding the origination of the telephone call, such as the name or the telephone number of the caller.
b. “Telephone call” means a call made using or received on a telecommunications service or voice over internet protocol service.
c. “Voice over internet protocol service” means a service to which all of the following apply:
(1) The service provides real-time two-way voice communications transmitted using internet protocol, or a successor protocol.
(2) The service is offered to the public, or such classes of users as to be effectively available to the public.
(3) The service has the capability to originate traffic to, or terminate traffic from, the public switched telephone network or a successor network.
4. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
5. A person who violates this section is subject to sections 68A.701 and 68B.32D.
2009 Acts, ch 64, §1
Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 68A - CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Section 68A.101 - Citation and administration.
Section 68A.102 - Definitions.
Section 68A.103 - Applicability to federal candidates.
Section 68A.104 - Certain accounts by officeholders prohibited.
Section 68A.201 - Organization statement.
Section 68A.201A - Contributions from federal and out-of-state committees or organizations.
Section 68A.202 - Candidate’s committee.
Section 68A.203 - Committee treasurer and chairperson — duties.
Section 68A.301 - Campaign funds.
Section 68A.302 - Uses of campaign funds.
Section 68A.303 - Transfer of campaign funds.
Section 68A.304 - Campaign property.
Section 68A.401 - Reports filed with board.
Section 68A.401A - Reporting of contributions and expenditures relating to issue advocacy.
Section 68A.402A - Information disclosed on reports.
Section 68A.402B - Committee dissolution — inactivity — reports.
Section 68A.403 - Reports preserved.
Section 68A.404 - Independent expenditures.
Section 68A.405 - Attribution statement on published material.
Section 68A.405A - Self-promotion with taxpayer funds prohibited.
Section 68A.406 - Campaign signs — yard signs.
Section 68A.501 - Funds from unknown source — escheat.
Section 68A.504 - Prohibiting contributions during the legislative session.
Section 68A.505 - Use of public moneys for political purposes.
Section 68A.506 - Use of false caller identification for campaign purposes prohibited.
Section 68A.601 - Checkoff — income tax.
Section 68A.602 - Fund created.
Section 68A.603 - Rules promulgated.
Section 68A.605 - Distribution of campaign fund — restrictions on use.
Section 68A.606 - Funds — campaign expenses only.
Section 68A.607 - Reversion of funds.