Prohibition of certain unsolicited messages by facsimile machine

134.72 Prohibition of certain unsolicited messages by facsimile machine. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Facsimile machine” means a machine that transmits copies of documents by means of a telephone line, telegraph line, microwave, satellite, radio wave, fiber optics, coaxial cable or any other transmission facility or any switching device. (b) “Facsimile solicitation” means the unsolicited transmission of a document by a facsimile machine for the purpose of encouraging a person to purchase property, goods or services. (2) PROHIBITIONS. (a) A person may not make a facsimile solicitation without the consent of the person solicited unless all of the following apply: 1. The document transmitted by facsimile machine does not exceed one page in length and is received by the person solicited after 9 p.m. and before 6 a.m. 2. The person making the facsimile solicitation has had a previous business relationship with the person solicited. 3. The document transmitted by facsimile machine contains the name of the person transmitting the document. (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), a person may not make a facsimile solicitation to a person who has notified the facsimile solicitor in writing, by telephone, or by facsimile transmission that the person does not want to receive facsimile solicitation. (c) A facsimile solicitor who receives notice under par. (b) may not disclose to another the facsimile transmission number of the person who gave the notice under par. (b). Each disclosure of a facsimile transmission number is a separate violation of this paragraph. (3) TERRITORIAL APPLICATION. (a) Intrastate. This section applies to any intrastate facsimile solicitation. (b) Interstate. This section applies to any interstate facsimile solicitation received by a person in this state. (4) PENALTY. A person who violates this section may be required to forfeit not more than $500. History: 1977 c. 301; 1989 a. 336; 1995 a. 351; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 61.