(1) It is unlawful for a person, in connection with a telecommunications service, to cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information if the purpose is to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value.
(2) It is unlawful for a person, in connection with a telecommunications service, to cause a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information unless the person has verified that the caller has a right to use the name and the phone number displayed.
(3) It is unlawful for a telecommunications service to permit or cause a caller identification service or device to display the name or telephone number of the recipient.
(4) It is unlawful for a person to use a third party to display or cause to be displayed a fictitious or misleading name or telephone number on an Arkansas resident's telephone caller identification service for any purpose.
(5) This section does not prohibit: An authorized activity of a law enforcement agency;
(6) Any investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency, including a law enforcement agency of the United States, another state, or a political subdivision of another state, an intelligence agency of the United States, or a protective services shelter or facility, including without limitation a domestic violence shelter, from transmitting or causing to be transmitted, an inaccurate telecommunications number;
(7) A telecommunications service from blocking or restricting the name or phone number from being displayed by caller identification equipment or devices;
(8) Any activity pursuant to a court order that specifically authorizes the use of caller identification manipulation; or
(9) A telecommunications provider or other person from transmitting or causing to be transmitted an inaccurate telecommunications telephone number for a legitimate business purpose.
(10) This section does not apply to a telecommunications provider that complies with § 23-17-122.
(11) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.