2007 Minnesota Statutes

325E.39 TELEPHONE ADVERTISING SERVICES.
    Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "telephone advertising service"
means a service that enables advertisers to make recorded personal or other advertisements
available to respondents by means of voice mail or another messaging device accessed by
telephone. "Telephone advertising service" does not mean advertisements for telephone services
or a newspaper or other medium of mass communication that publishes an advertisement for a
telephone advertising service.
    Subd. 2. Verification and identification. A person who operates a telephone advertising
service in this state shall:
(1) verify the placement of an advertisement that includes the advertiser's telephone number
or other information that enables respondents to identify and communicate directly with the
advertiser by calling the listed number or otherwise communicating with the person identified as
the advertiser to ensure that the person placed or consented to the placement of the advertisement;
and
(2) in any advertising for the telephone advertising service, provide a business mailing
address or business telephone number sufficient to enable persons to communicate with the
business operation of the service.
History: 1992 c 377 s 2