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No person may initiate the transmission, conspire with another to initiate the transmission, or assist the transmission, of a commercial electronic mail message from a computer located in Washington or to an electronic mail address that the sender knows, or has reason to know, is held by a Washington resident that:
Uses a third party's internet domain name without permission of the third party, or otherwise misrepresents or obscures any information in identifying the point of origin or the transmission path of a commercial electronic mail message; or
Contains a subject line that contains false or misleading information concerning the commercial nature of the commercial electronic mail message.
For purposes of this section, a person knows that the intended recipient of a commercial electronic mail message is a Washington resident if that information is available, upon request, from the registrant of the internet domain name contained in the recipient's electronic mail address.
Damages to a person who received, reviewed, and detrimentally relied upon a commercial electronic mail message or a commercial electronic text message sent in violation of this chapter are $500, or actual damages, whichever is greater.
Damages to an interactive computer service resulting from a violation of this chapter are $1,000, or actual damages, whichever is greater.
This act applies to all causes of action commenced on or before the effective date of this section, regardless of when the cause of action arose. To this extent, this act applies retroactively, but in all other respects it applies prospectively.