Offense of Using Adad Equipment to Intentionally Conceal or Misrepresent Telephone Number of the Equipment — Exceptions
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It is an offense for any person to utilize any ADAD equipment to intentionally:
Dial telephone numbers with area codes within the state; and
Conceal or misrepresent the telephone number utilized by the ADAD equipment on the call recipient's telephone or other equipment that is technically capable of displaying the number by:
Displaying a telephone number other than the telephone number utilized by the ADAD equipment;
Not displaying the telephone number utilized by the ADAD equipment; or
Displaying an “unknown number” message or similar message instead of the telephone number utilized by the ADAD equipment.
A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor punishable only by a fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation. For purposes of criminal liability, a court shall deem each call made in violation of this section as a separate offense.
It shall not be a violation of this section to display a phone number, different from the phone number being utilized by the ADAD equipment, on behalf of a person if:
The phone number displayed on behalf of the person has a Tennessee area code or is a toll-free number;
The phone number displayed on behalf of the person is answered during regular business hours by a designated representative of such person; and
The person's name is displayed along with the phone number described in subdivisions (c)(1) and (2).
The offenses described in this section shall not apply to a telecommunications, broadband, or voice-over-Internet services provider acting solely as an intermediary for a transmission of telephone service between a caller and a recipient.