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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 46-5-187: Abusive telemarketing acts or practices.

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  1. TITLE 46 Public Utilities and Public Transportation
  2. CHAPTER 5 Telephone Service
  3. Article 5 Telecommunications Marketing Act of 1998

Telecommunications companies may not engage in any abusive telemarketing act or practice. Each instance of engaging in an abusive act or practice shall constitute a separate violation of this article. Abusive telemarketing acts or practices shall include but not be limited to the following conduct:

(1) Threats, intimidation, or the use of profane or obscene language;

(2) Causing any telephone to ring, or engaging any person in telephone conversation, repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass any person called at that number; and

(3) Engaging in outbound telephone calls to a person’s residence at any time other than between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. local time at the called person’s residence unless such person has consented prior to the initiation of the call.

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