Telemarketer registration, calling hours, state do not call lists, automated call laws and recording consent for all 50 states, each from the state's own statutes and agencies.
From official sources, checked September 26, 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Alabama licenses commercial telephone sellers through the Attorney General, bars solicitation calls on Sundays, holidays, and outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. by Public...
Alaska requires telephone sellers to register with the Department of Law at least 30 days before a solicitation campaign, bars solicitations to numbers on the...
Arizona requires telephone sellers to register with the Secretary of State and post a bond unless exempt, bars sales calls and texts to numbers on the national do not...
Arkansas requires telephonic sellers to register with the Secretary of State at least 10 days before doing business, has merged its do not call list with the national...
California requires certain telephonic sellers to register with the Attorney General, treats the national Do Not Call Registry as its own list, sets consent and live...
Colorado requires commercial telephone sellers to register with the Attorney General, requires telephone solicitors to register for and honor the Colorado no call...
Connecticut bars telephonic sales calls without prior express written consent, limits them to 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, keeps a listing identical to the National...
Delaware requires nonexempt sellers and telemarketing businesses to register with the Department of Justice before telemarketing to customers in the state, requires...
Florida bars telephone solicitation calls before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m., caps them at three per person in 24 hours on the same subject, requires prior express written...
Georgia folds the National Do Not Call Registry into its own no call list, requires callers to say who the call is for, bars caller ID blocking, and requires a state...
Hawaii limits outbound telemarketing calls to a consumer's residence to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time, makes calls that violate the national do not call rules a state...
Idaho requires most telephone solicitors to register with the Attorney General before calling, lets the National Do Not Call Registry serve as its state list,...
Illinois limits live telephone sales calls to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., limits recorded message autodialer calls to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., points residents to the National Do Not...
Indiana keeps its own do not call list, counts texts as telephone sales calls, requires consent or a live operator before automated messages, limits automated sales...
Federal do not call, calling hour, and automated call rules apply to sales calls into Iowa. Iowa repealed its own automated dialing section in 2018, and Iowa's...
Kansas uses the National Do Not Call Registry as its no call list, requires telephone solicitors to consult it at least every 30 days, requires callers to identify...
Kentucky requires telemarketing companies to register with the Attorney General, treats the National Do Not Call Registry as its zero call list, allows sales calls to...
Louisiana requires telephonic solicitors to register with the Public Service Commission and honor its do not call list, bars sales calls on Sundays, legal holidays,...
Maine bars automated or prerecorded solicitation calls to residential and cell numbers without prior written express consent, limits automated device calls to...
Maryland requires prior express written consent for solicitations using an automated selection or dialing system or a recorded message, bars solicitations from 8 p.m....
Massachusetts keeps a state do not call registry with annual registration for telephone solicitors, bars unsolicited sales calls to consumers between 8 p.m. and 8...
Michigan uses the National Do Not Call Registry as its state list, bars recorded message sales calls, requires callers to identify the business, and treats...
Minnesota bars automatic dialing announcing devices unless the subscriber consented or a live operator first gets consent, limits those devices and commercial...
Mississippi requires telephone solicitors to register with the Attorney General, uses the National Do Not Call Registry as its list, limits telephone solicitations to...
Missouri keeps its own No Call list through the Attorney General, limits telemarketing to a consumer's residence to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time, requires callers to...
Montana requires sellers and telemarketers to register with the Department of Justice unless exempt, uses the national do not call list as its state database, limits...
Nebraska requires a Public Service Commission permit before an automatic dialing announcing device makes sales calls, limits those calls to residential lines by hour,...
Nevada uses the Nevada portion of the National Do Not Call Registry, treats telephone solicitation at a residence between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. as a deceptive trade...
New Hampshire bars telemarketing sales calls to numbers on the national do not call registry, applies the federal Telemarketing Sales Rule to calls made within the...
New Jersey requires telemarketers to register every year with the Division of Consumer Affairs, uses the national do not call registry for its no call list, bars...
New Mexico limits telephone solicitations to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., bars solicitations to residential numbers on the national do not call registry, requires an established...
New York requires telemarketers to register with the Secretary of State and post a bond, limits telemarketing calls and texts to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., uses the national...
North Carolina bars telephone solicitations to numbers on the national Do Not Call Registry, limits them to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., requires callers to identify themselves...
North Dakota limits telephone solicitations, including texts, to the hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., bars them to numbers on a do not call list for at least 31 days, and...
Ohio requires most telephone solicitors to register with the Attorney General and file a surety bond, requires sales disclosures within the first 60 seconds, and...
Oklahoma requires prior express written consent for automated sales calls, limits commercial solicitation calls to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and three per person in 24 hours...
Oregon limits telephone solicitations, including texts, to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and three to a party in 24 hours, bars solicitations to numbers on the designated federal...
Pennsylvania requires most telemarketers to register with the Attorney General and post a bond, keeps a state do not call list that includes business numbers, and...
Rhode Island requires covered telephonic sellers to register with the Attorney General before calling, allows unsolicited sales calls only 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays...
South Carolina limits telephone solicitations to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the consumer's location absent prior written consent, bars calls to numbers on the National Do...
South Dakota requires registration with the Public Utilities Commission before unsolicited residential calls, uses national registry numbers as its do not call...
Tennessee requires telephone solicitors to register with the Public Utility Commission, bars solicitations to numbers on its do not call and do not text register,...
Texas requires many telephone sellers to register with the Secretary of State, keeps a state no call list through the Public Utility Commission, limits residential...
Utah requires nonexempt telephone sellers to register with the Division of Consumer Protection, bars telephone solicitations to residential and cellular phones...
Vermont requires telemarketers to register with the Secretary of State before making telephone solicitations to Vermont numbers, makes violations of the federal do...
Virginia's Telephone Privacy Protection Act limits telephone solicitations, including texts, to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. without prior consent, bars them to numbers on the...
Washington limits telephone solicitations to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, bars solicitations to numbers on the federal do not call registry, bans automatic dialing...
West Virginia requires nonexempt telemarketers to register and post security with state tax officials, limits telemarketing to a residence to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. local...
Wisconsin requires telephone solicitors to register with its consumer protection department, bars unsolicited sales calls to Wisconsin numbers on the national...
Wyoming limits unsolicited sales calls to consumers to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., bars calls to numbers on the do not call list its statute names, restricts automated and...
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