Telephone solicitation and do-not-call rules
Cal. Do Not Call (17592)
Marketing
Adopts the federal Do Not Call Registry for California: telephone solicitors may not call numbers on the current national list (obtained within the last three months) except with written consent or other listed exceptions, and list sellers must scrub registered numbers.
- Where
- California
- Citation
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17590-17594
- Status
- In force
- Last amended
- 2009-01-01
- Enforced by
- California Attorney General and local prosecutors
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- AG, district attorney, or city attorney may seek an injunction and civil penalties up to the amount the FTC may seek per violation under 15 U.S.C. 45(m)(1)(A) (17593(a)).
- Applies to
- Telephone solicitors calling California telephone numbers to sell goods, services, credit, investments, insurance, or to gather marketing information
- Sellers of telephone solicitation lists
Practices it requires
- Do not make telephone solicitations to California numbers on the current national do-not-call list, absent written consent or another exception.Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17592(c), (e)
- Use a do-not-call list obtained from the FTC no more than three months before the call.Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17592(a)(2)
- Do not include do-not-call numbers in telephone solicitation lists that are sold, leased, or rented.Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17592(d)
Sources
- Official text
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17592 (California Legislative Information)
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17593
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Original enactment date not determined.
Research reference, not legal advice.