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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  October  12,  2001  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  John  Winston,  (202)  418-  7450 
 jwinston@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  IMPOSES  $90,000  FINE  AGAINST  US  NOTARY,  INC.  FOR  VIOLATIONS  OF  THE  TCPA  REGARDING  UNSOLICITED  FAXES 


 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (Commission)  released  an  order  imposing  a  $90,000  fine  against  US  Notary,  Inc. 
 (US  Notary)  for  violating  the  Telephone  Consumer  Protection  Act  (TCPA)  and  the  Commission's  implementing  rules  by  faxing  unsolicited  advertisements  to  consumers. 


 The  Commission  determined  that  US  Notary  violated  the  TCPA  and  the 
 Commission’s  rules  on  20  separate  occasions  by  sending  unsolicited  fax  advertisements  to  consumers  after  receiving  a  written  warning  from  the  Commission’s 


 Enforcement  Bureau  that  subsequent  unsolicited  faxes  of  this  type  could  result  in  monetary  forfeitures.  The  Commission  fined  US  Notary  $4,500  for  each  of  the  20 
 violations. 


 Action  by  the  Commission,  adopted  on  October  3,  2001  by  Forfeiture  Order  (FCC  01- 
 301),  Commissioner  Abernathy  issuing  a  separate  statement. 


 File  No.  EB-  00-  TC-  011 
 Enforcement  Bureau  contacts:  John  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450,  and  Kurt  Schroeder  at  (202)  418-  0966. 
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