Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-4-404

  • Commission: means the Tennessee public utility commission. See Tennessee Code 65-4-401
  • 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 shall not knowingly make or cause to be made a telephone or text message solicitation to a residential subscriber in this state who has given notice to the commission, in accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to this part, of such subscriber’s objection to receiving telephone or text message solicitations.