D.C. Code § 22-3226.08: Abusive telemarketing acts or practices.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 22. Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
- Chapter 32. Theft; Fraud; Stolen Property; Forgery; and Extortion.
- Subchapter III-B. Telephone Fraud.
It is an abusive telemarketing act or practice and violation of this subchapter for a seller or telephone solicitor to engage in the following conduct:
(1)
Cause a telephone to ring more than 15 times in an intended telephone solicitation call;
(2)
Initiate a telephone solicitation call to a consumer after the same consumer has expressly stated that he or she does not wish to receive solicitation calls from that seller; or
(3)
Engage in telephone solicitation to a consumer’s residence at any time before 8:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m., local time at the place of the consumer called.
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