Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-18-1505

  • ADAD equipment: means any device or system of devices which is used, whether alone or in conjunction with other equipment, for the purpose of automatically selecting or dialing telephone numbers and disseminating recorded messages to the numbers so selected or dialed. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1501
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: means a natural person, consumer, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
  • Telephone access line: means any seven-digit telephone number for each call to which a fee is charged. See Tennessee Code 47-18-1501
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

It is unlawful for any person making use of a telephone access line to use, to employ or direct another person to use, or to contract for the use of ADAD equipment or the United States mail for the purpose of soliciting any person to call such telephone access line.