Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-3-805 (2026)
Causing caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to subscriber prohibited
✓ current as of July 2026
Except as provided in Section 77-3-807, a person shall not, in connection with any telecommunications service or interconnected VOIP service, knowingly and with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value, cause any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber.
Laws, 2010, ch. 326, § 3, eff. 7/1/2010.
Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 416, HB 1225,§ 32, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 487, SB 2744,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2011–2012 · leading case: Teltech Sys., Inc. v. Phil Bryan, 702 F.3d 232 (5th Cir. 2012).
Teltech Sys., Inc. v. Phil Bryan, 702 F.3d 232 (5th Cir. 2012). “Miss.Code Ann. § 77-3-805 (emphasis added).”
Teltech Sys., Inc. v. Barbour, 866 F. Supp. 2d 571 (S.D. Miss. 2011). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 77-3-805 . “False information” is defined as “data that misrepresents the identity of the caller to the recipient of a call or to the network itself____” Id.”
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