West Virginia Code
Article 6F. Telemarketing
§46A-6F-112. Telemarketing Solicitation

(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.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 46A. West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act

Article 6F. Telemarketing

§46A-6F-101. Applicability of Definitions

§46A-6F-102. Chance Promotion

§46A-6F-103. Consumer; Purchaser

§46A-6F-104. Consumer Goods or Services

§46A-6F-105. Division

§46A-6F-106. Individual

§46A-6F-107. Investment Opportunity

§46A-6F-108. Material Aspect or Element

§46A-6F-109. Person

§46A-6F-110. Prize, Gift or Award

§46A-6F-111. Prize Promotion

§46A-6F-112. Telemarketing Solicitation

§46A-6F-113. Telemarketer

§46A-6F-114. Telemarketer in Good Standing

§46A-6F-201. Inapplicability of Registration and Bonding Provisions of This Article to Charitable Organizations

§46A-6F-202. Inapplicability of Article to Licensed Securities, Commodities, or Investment Broker, Dealer, or Investment Adviser

§46A-6F-203. Inapplicability of Article to Licensed Associated Person of a Securities, Commodities, or Investment Broker, Dealer, or Investment Adviser

§46A-6F-204. Inapplicability of Article to Person Who Does Not Make the Major Sales Presentation

§46A-6F-205. Inapplicability of Article to Person Who Solicits Sales by Catalog

§46A-6F-206. Inapplicability of Article to Business-to-Business Sale

§46A-6F-207. Inapplicability of Article to Person Who Solicits Contracts for the Maintenance or Repair of Goods

§46A-6F-208. Inapplicability of Article to Person Soliciting a Transaction Regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

§46A-6F-209. Inapplicability of Article to Supervised Financial Organization

§46A-6F-210. Inapplicability of Article to Licensed Insurance Broker, Agent, Customer Representative, or Solicitor

§46A-6F-211. Inapplicability of Article to Person Soliciting the Sale of Services Provided by a Cable Television System

§46A-6F-212. Inapplicability of Article to Certain Telephone and Communications Companies

§46A-6F-213. Inapplicability of Article to Persons Maintaining Continuing Business Locations for Sales of Consumer Goods or Services

§46A-6F-214. Inapplicability of Article to Issuer of Certain Securities

§46A-6F-215. Inapplicability of Article to Book, Video, Record, or Multimedia Club

§46A-6F-216. Inapplicability of Article to Registered Developer or a Real Estate Salesperson or Broker

§46A-6F-217. Inapplicability of Article to Person Soliciting the Sale of Electric or Natural Gas Energy or Related Goods or Services

§46A-6F-218. Inapplicability of Article to Person Soliciting the Sale of a Magazine or Newspaper

§46A-6F-219. Inapplicability of Article to Certain Telemarketers Based on Continuous Sales and Gross Sales for Exempt Persons

§46A-6F-220. Inapplicability of Article to the Annual Sale of Less Than One Hundred Dollars for Food Stuffs and Edibles

§46A-6F-301. Registration of Telemarketers

§46A-6F-302. Security Requirement

§46A-6F-303. Failure to Register or Meet Security Requirement; Remedies

§46A-6F-304. Record Keeping Requirements

§46A-6F-401. Mandatory Disclosures

§46A-6F-402. Accepting Returns or Canceling Services

§46A-6F-501. Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices

§46A-6F-502. Causes of Action Arising Out of Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices; Limitation of Actions

§46A-6F-503. Operating a Criminal Recovery Service; Penalties

§46A-6F-601. Abusive Acts or Practices

§46A-6F-701. Civil Remedies

§46A-6F-702. Remedies Not Exclusive

§46A-6F-703. Service of Process on Certain Nonresidents