Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-19-17)
Chapter 3 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES (§§ 77-3-1 — 77-3-809)
Article 13 - UNSOLICITED RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONIC SALES CALLS (§§ 77-3-601 — 77-3-619)
Section 77-3-603 - Conduct of telephone solicitors regulated

Universal Citation:
MS Code § 77-3-603 (2024)
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Any telephone solicitor who makes an unsolicited telephonic sales call to a residential telephone number shall:

  • (a) Make calls between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday, and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays (no calls shall be made on Sundays);
  • (b) Identify himself or herself by his or her true first and last names and the business on whose behalf he or she is soliciting immediately upon making contact by telephone with the person who is the object of the telephone solicitation; and
  • (c) Discontinue the call immediately if at any time during the conversation the person being solicited expresses disinterest in continuing the call or sales presentation.

Laws, 1993, ch. 538, § 2, eff. 7/1/1993.

Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 453, HB 1350,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.

Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 416, HB 1225,§ 21, eff. 7/1/2023.


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