{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/24.2-960.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/24.2-960.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/24.2-960.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/24.2-960.html"}],"law_id":356171,"edition_id":2,"section_id":356171,"structure_id":50957,"section_number":"24.2-960","catch_line":"Identification and certification by online political advertisers","history":"2020, c. 551.","full_text":"A\n\nPrior to purchasing an online political advertisement from or promoting an online political advertisement on an online platform, a person shall identify himself to the online platform as an online political advertiser and certify to the online platform that he is permitted under state and local laws to lawfully purchase or promote for a fee online political advertisements.\n\nB\n\nAn online platform shall establish reasonable procedures to enable online political advertisers to comply with the identification and certification requirements of subsection A.\n\nC\n\nAn online platform may rely in good faith on the information provided by online political advertisers under this section when selling online political advertisements to online political advertisers.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1326385,"text":"Prior to purchasing an online political advertisement from or promoting an online political advertisement on an online platform, a person shall identify himself to the online platform as an online political advertiser and certify to the online platform that he is permitted under state and local laws to lawfully purchase or promote for a fee online political advertisements.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1326386,"text":"An online platform shall establish reasonable procedures to enable online political advertisers to comply with the identification and certification requirements of subsection A.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":1326387,"text":"An online platform may rely in good faith on the information provided by online political advertisers under this section when selling online political advertisements to online political advertisers.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":50957,"edition_id":2,"name":"Online Political Advertisements","identifier":"6","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":6,"parent_id":50951,"metadata":{"child_laws":1,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:35:29","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:36","permalink":{"id":1416489,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50957,"identifier":"6","token":"24.2\/9.5\/6","url":"\/24.2\/9.5\/6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50951,"edition_id":2,"name":"Political Campaign Advertisements","identifier":"9.5","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":13,"parent_id":50878,"metadata":{"child_laws":17,"child_structures":6},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:35:27","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:35","permalink":{"id":1416413,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50951,"identifier":"9.5","token":"24.2\/9.5","url":"\/24.2\/9.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50878,"edition_id":2,"name":"Elections","identifier":"24.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":64,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":546,"child_structures":79},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:34:27","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:25","permalink":{"id":1414151,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50878,"identifier":"24.2","token":"24.2","url":"\/24.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":356171,"structure_id":50957,"section_number":"24.2-960","catch_line":"Identification and certification by online political advertisers","url":"\/24.2-960\/","token":"24.2\/9.5\/6\/24.2-960","metadata":false}],"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/24.2-960\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0551\">551<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1416491,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356171,"identifier":"24.2-960","token":"24.2\/9.5\/6\/24.2-960","url":"\/24.2-960\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-960\/","token":"24.2\/9.5\/6\/24.2-960","dublin_core":{"Title":"Identification and certification by online political advertisers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-960","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Prior to purchasing an <span class=\"dictionary\">online political advertisement<\/span> from or promoting an <span class=\"dictionary\">online political advertisement<\/span> on an <span class=\"dictionary\">online platform<\/span>, a person shall identify himself to the <span class=\"dictionary\">online platform<\/span> as an <span class=\"dictionary\">online political advertiser<\/span> and certify to the <span class=\"dictionary\">online platform<\/span> that he is permitted under state and local <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> to lawfully purchase or promote for a fee <span class=\"dictionary\">online political advertisements<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1326385\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/24.2-960\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> An <span class=\"dictionary\">online platform<\/span> shall establish reasonable procedures to enable <span class=\"dictionary\">online political advertisers<\/span> to comply with the identification and certification requirements of subsection A. <a id=\"paragraph-1326386\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/24.2-960\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> An <span class=\"dictionary\">online platform<\/span> may rely in good faith on the information provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">online political advertisers<\/span> under this section when selling <span class=\"dictionary\">online political advertisements<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">online political advertisers<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1326387\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/24.2-960\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIDENTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION BY ONLINE POLITICAL ADVERTISERS (\u00a7 24.2-960)\n\nA. Prior to purchasing an online political advertisement from or promoting an\nonline political advertisement on an online platform, a person shall identify\nhimself to the online platform as an online political advertiser and certify to\nthe online platform that he is permitted under state and local laws to lawfully\npurchase or promote for a fee online political advertisements.\n\nB. An online platform shall establish reasonable procedures to enable online\npolitical advertisers to comply with the identification and certification\nrequirements of subsection A.\n\nC. An online platform may rely in good faith on the information provided by\nonline political advertisers under this section when selling online political\nadvertisements to online political advertisers.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 551.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}