Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-4-402

  • Person: means a natural person, individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association and any other legal or commercial entity however organized and wherever located that telemarkets to citizens located within this state. See Tennessee Code 65-4-401
  • Residential subscriber: means a person who has subscribed to residential telephone service from a local exchange company or the other persons living, residing or visiting with such person. See Tennessee Code 65-4-401
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

A person or entity who makes a telephone or text message solicitation to a residential subscriber in this state shall, at the beginning of the call or text, state clearly the identity of the person initiating the call and the entity or organization the person represents. Without the permission of the residential subscriber, a person or entity who makes a telephone or text message solicitation shall not call or text the subscriber at any time other than between the hours of eight o’clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) to nine o’clock p.m. (9:00 p.m.), prevailing time.