Government and public statistics
47 U.S.C. 227: Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute, 1991
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- What it is
- The section of the US Code that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act added in 1991. It limits automated calls and calls using an artificial or prerecorded voice.
- How much weight it carries
- Statute text as published by Cornell LII. It is a legal source and not legal advice. The FCC rules that implement it are separate.
Facts taken from this source
- US law bars calls to a residential line that use an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior express consent of the called party, unless an exception applies.
“to initiate any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior express consent of the called party” (Subsection (b)(1)(B))