Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-755.1
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Automatic dial announcing devices - Operation -
Official statutory text
Conditions.
A. The connection of an automatic dial announcing device to a
telephone line is subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer
Protection Act.
B. No person shall operate an automatic dial announcing device
except in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer
Protection Act. The use of such device by any person, either
individually or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a person
or corporation operating automatic dial announcing devices, is
subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act.
C. A person shall not use an automatic dial announcing device
except as provided by this section. An automatic dial announcing
device shall be used only when:
1. The device disconnects from the called person's line not
later than twenty (20) seconds after the called person hangs up; and
2. For calls terminating in this state, the device is not used
to make a call:
a. before 9 a.m. or after 9 p.m., or
b. at any hour that collection calls would be prohibited
under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,
15 U.S.C., Section 1692(c), when the device is used
for collection purposes; and
3. One of the following occur:
a. the calls are made or messages given solely in
response to calls initiated by the person to whom the
automatic calls or recorded messages are directed or
who has made a written request to be called,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 144
b. the calls made concern goods or services that have
been previously ordered or purchased,
c. the calls are made by creditors or their assignees, or
d. the calls are initiated by a live operator who gives
the caller the option to disconnect prior to the
playing of a prerecorded or synthesized voice message.
D. An automatic dial announcing device shall not be used for
random number dialing or to dial numbers determined by successively
increasing or decreasing integers.
E. A telephone company in this state may, but shall not be
required to disconnect or refuse to connect service to a person
using or intending to use an automatic dial announcing device if the
telephone company determines that the device is not capable of
disconnecting from a called party's line as required by this section
or that the device would cause or is causing network harm.
F. The telephone company shall give notice to the person using
the device of its intent to disconnect service not less than three
(3) days prior to the date of the disconnection, except that if the
device is causing network congestion or blockage, the notice may be
given the day before the date of disconnection.
G. The telephone company shall disconnect service to the person
on a determination by a court or the Oklahoma Corporation Commission
that the person is violating the provisions of this section, and may
reconnect service to the person only on a determination by the court
or the Oklahoma Corporation Commission that the person will comply
with this section. Any notice of such an order shall be served on a
telephone company in the same manner as is required for service of
process, unless the company is already a party to the proceeding in
which the order is created.
A. The connection of an automatic dial announcing device to a
telephone line is subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer
Protection Act.
B. No person shall operate an automatic dial announcing device
except in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer
Protection Act. The use of such device by any person, either
individually or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a person
or corporation operating automatic dial announcing devices, is
subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act.
C. A person shall not use an automatic dial announcing device
except as provided by this section. An automatic dial announcing
device shall be used only when:
1. The device disconnects from the called person's line not
later than twenty (20) seconds after the called person hangs up; and
2. For calls terminating in this state, the device is not used
to make a call:
a. before 9 a.m. or after 9 p.m., or
b. at any hour that collection calls would be prohibited
under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,
15 U.S.C., Section 1692(c), when the device is used
for collection purposes; and
3. One of the following occur:
a. the calls are made or messages given solely in
response to calls initiated by the person to whom the
automatic calls or recorded messages are directed or
who has made a written request to be called,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 144
b. the calls made concern goods or services that have
been previously ordered or purchased,
c. the calls are made by creditors or their assignees, or
d. the calls are initiated by a live operator who gives
the caller the option to disconnect prior to the
playing of a prerecorded or synthesized voice message.
D. An automatic dial announcing device shall not be used for
random number dialing or to dial numbers determined by successively
increasing or decreasing integers.
E. A telephone company in this state may, but shall not be
required to disconnect or refuse to connect service to a person
using or intending to use an automatic dial announcing device if the
telephone company determines that the device is not capable of
disconnecting from a called party's line as required by this section
or that the device would cause or is causing network harm.
F. The telephone company shall give notice to the person using
the device of its intent to disconnect service not less than three
(3) days prior to the date of the disconnection, except that if the
device is causing network congestion or blockage, the notice may be
given the day before the date of disconnection.
G. The telephone company shall disconnect service to the person
on a determination by a court or the Oklahoma Corporation Commission
that the person is violating the provisions of this section, and may
reconnect service to the person only on a determination by the court
or the Oklahoma Corporation Commission that the person will comply
with this section. Any notice of such an order shall be served on a
telephone company in the same manner as is required for service of
process, unless the company is already a party to the proceeding in
which the order is created.
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