Alabama Do-Not-Call law (telephone solicitation objection database)
AL Do-Not-Call
Marketing · Communications
Bars telephone solicitations to Alabama residential subscribers who have registered their objection on the state do-not-call list maintained by the Public Service Commission, which incorporates Alabama numbers from the national registry. Solicitors must identify themselves and may not block caller ID.
- Where
- Alabama
- Citation
- Ala. Code §§ 8-19C-1 to 8-19C-10 (Act 99-450)
- Status
- In force
- Enforced by
- Alabama Public Service Commission; private plaintiffs
- People can sue
- Yes
- Penalties
- The Public Service Commission may seek cease-and-desist orders and civil penalties up to $2,000 per knowing violation. A person who gets more than one violating call from the same seller in 12 months may sue for an injunction and actual loss or up to $2,000 per knowing violation. Reasonable compliance procedures are a defense; two-year limitations period.
- Applies to
- Any person or entity making telephone solicitations (voice calls encouraging purchase, rental, or investment) to Alabama residential subscribers, other than persons exempt under Ala. Code § 8-19A-4
What a privacy notice must say
- Identify the caller as required by Ala. Code § 8-19A-12 and do not knowingly block or circumvent caller identification.Ala. Code § 8-19C-5
Practices it requires
- Do not make or cause telephone solicitations to residential subscribers on the Alabama do-not-call list.Ala. Code § 8-19C-2(a)
Registration
- Solicitors may obtain access to the database for an annual fee to scrub calling lists; database information may be used only for compliance.Ala. Code §§ 8-19C-3(a), 8-19C-4
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Effective date of Act 99-450 not confirmed; left null. Current PSC do-not-call rules and fees were not reviewed.
Research reference, not legal advice.