476.57 - LIMITATIONS ON USE OF ADAD EQUIPMENT -- PENALTY.

        476.57  LIMITATIONS ON USE OF ADAD EQUIPMENT --      PENALTY.         1.  Definition.  As used in this section, "ADAD equipment"      means automatic dialing-announcing device equipment which is a device      or system of devices used, either alone or in conjunction with other      equipment, for the purpose of automatically selecting or dialing      telephone numbers without the use of a live operator to disseminate      prerecorded messages to the numbers selected or dialed.         2.  Prohibition.         a.  Except as provided in paragraph "b", a person shall      not use, employ, or direct another person to use, or contract for the      use of ADAD equipment.         b.  Except for ADAD equipment which randomly or sequentially      selects the telephone numbers for calling, the prohibition in      paragraph "a" does not apply to any of the following:         (1)  Calls made with ADAD equipment by a nonprofit organization or      by an individual using the calls other than for commercial      profit-making purposes or fund-raising, if the calls do not involve      the advertisement or offering for sale, lease, or rental of goods,      services, or property.         (2)  Calls made with ADAD equipment relating to payment for,      service of, or warranty coverage of previously ordered or purchased      goods or services or to persons or organizations with a prior      business relationship with the persons or organizations using the      calls.         (3)  Calls made with ADAD equipment relating to the collection of      lawful debts.         (4)  Calls made with ADAD equipment to members or employees of the      organization making the calls.         (5)  Calls made with ADAD equipment which use an initial      prerecorded message of a duration no greater than seven seconds prior      to a live operator intercept, or calls which involve an initial      message from a live operator.         3.  Termination.  Calls made with ADAD equipment must      terminate the connection with any call within ten seconds after the      person receiving the call acts to disconnect the call.         4.  Penalty.  A violation of this section is a serious      misdemeanor.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 141, §1