Telemarketing Laws & Regulations

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Laws & Regulations

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*This page provides a list of useful links to sites with information regarding telemarketing laws.

General/National Information

• Contacting Your State's Telecommunications Regulator - Phone Number List by State
• FCC Telemarketing Links
• 47 C.F.R. 64.1200 (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation) Code of Federal Regulations Title 47
• Federal Trade Commission PART 310--Telemarketing Sales Rule
• FCC Recording Telephone Conversation Guidelines
• Full-text state statutes and legislation on the Internet

Alabama

• Public Services Commission
• Alabama Telemarketing Act
• Section 8-19A-5 Licensing; application for license
• Alabama Requirements and Laws for Charitable Solicitation

Alaska

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• Unlawful, Unwanted Telephone Advertisements and Solicitations

Arizona

• Arizona Corporation Commission
• Automated telephone solicitation
• Solicitation disclosure requirements
• NEW! Telephone Solicitation. A very complete list of documents.

Arkansas

• Public Service Commission Home Page
• List of Laws related to telemarketing type in "telemarketing"
• Automated Telephone Solicitation

California

• Public Utilities Commission
• California Telemarketing Law

Colorado

• Public Utilities Commission
• Telephone Solicitation Definitions

Connecticut

• Department of Public Utility Control
• An Act Requiring Disclosures by Telemarketing Firms
• An Act Concerning Telemarketers who Raise Funds
• An Act Concerning Permissible Hours for Telemarketing
• An Act Concerning Telemarketing

Delaware

• Delaware the First State

Florida

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• TELEPHONE SOLICITATION; DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS; PROHIBITIONS; EXEMPTIONS; PENALTIES (Section 106.147, F.S.)

Georgia

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• What You Need To Know About Telephone Solicitation

Kentucky

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• Requirements for making telephone solicitation (PDF File)
• Person using electronic equipment for solicitation (PDF File)

Louisiana

• Public Service Commission Home Page
• Acts related to Telemarketing and Telephone Solicitation

Maine

• Maine Public Utilities Commission

Maryland

• Maryland Public Service Commission

Massachusetts

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dept. of Telecommunication and Energy

Michigan

• Michigan Public Service Commission

Mississippi

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• Telecommunications Utility Orders

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission

New Jersey

• New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

New Mexico

• New Mexico Public Regulation Commission

North Carolina

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• Restrictions on telephone solicitations
• Telemarketing Sales Rule

North Dakota

• North Dakota Public Service Commission

Ohio

• Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers and The Public Utilities Commission

South Carolina

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• Telemarketing Privacy Act

Tennessee

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• List of Bills related to Telemarketing (PDF Files)

Texas

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• What You Need To Know About Telephone Solicitation (PDF)
• Telephone Solicitation Forms

Utah

• Public Utilities Commission Home Page
• Utah Code -- Title 13 -- Chapter 25a -- Telephone and Facsimile Solicitation Act

Vermont

• Vermont Dept. of Public Service

Virginia

• Division of Communications
• New Telemarketing Rules

West Virginia

• Public Service Commission Home Page
• A law creating consumer credit protection for telemarketing consumers