§ 16-17-446. Regulation of automatically dialed announcing device (ADAD). | Statutes | Westlaw

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§ 16-17-446. Regulation of automatically dialed announcing device (ADAD).

SC ST § 16-17-446Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976 AnnotatedTitle 16. Crimes and Offenses (Approx. 2 pages)

§ 16-17-446. Regulation of automatically dialed announcing device (ADAD).

SC ST § 16-17-446Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976 AnnotatedTitle 16. Crimes and Offenses (Approx. 2 pages)

Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976 Annotated
Title 16. Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 17. Offenses Against Public Policy
Article 7. Miscellaneous Offenses
Code 1976 § 16-17-446
§ 16-17-446. Regulation of automatically dialed announcing device (ADAD).
Currentness
(A) “Adad” means an automatically dialed announcing device which delivers a recorded message without assistance by a live operator for the purpose of making an unsolicited consumer telephone call as defined in Section 16-17-445(A)(3). Adad calls include automatically announced calls of a political nature including, but not limited to, calls relating to political campaigns.
(B) Adad calls are prohibited except:
(1) in response to an express request of the person called;
(2) when primarily connected with an existing debt or contract, payment or performance of which has not been completed at the time of the call;
(3) in response to a person with whom the telephone solicitor has an existing business relationship or has had a previous business relationship.
(C) Adad calls which are not prohibited under subsection (B):
(2) shall disconnect immediately when the called party hangs up;
(3) are prohibited after seven p.m. or before eight a.m.;
(4) may not ring at hospitals, police stations, fire departments, nursing homes, hotels, or vacation rental units.
(D) A person who violates this section, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 16-17-445(F).

Credits

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 656, § 2; 1991 Act No. 89, § 1.
Code 1976 § 16-17-446, SC ST § 16-17-446
Current through 2024 Act No. 225, subject to final approval by the Legislative Council, technical revisions by the Code Commissioner, and publication in the Official Code of Laws.