Miss. Code Ann. § 77-3-609
§ 77-3-609. Exempt parties and transactions
The provisions of Sections 77-3-601 through 77-3-619 shall not apply to:
(a)
A person engaging in commercial telephone solicitation where the solicitation is an isolated
transaction and not done in the course of a pattern of repeated transactions of like nature.
(b)
A person making calls for religious, charitable, political, education or other noncommercial purposes,
or a person soliciting for a nonprofit corporation if that corporation is properly registered as such with the
Secretary of State and is included within the exemption of S.501(c)(3) or S.501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(c)
A person soliciting:
(i)
Without the intent to complete or obtain provisional acceptance of a sale during the telephone
solicitation;
(ii)
Who does not make the major sales presentation during the telephone solicitation; or
(iii)
Without the intent to complete, and who does not complete, the sales presentation during the
telephone solicitation, but who completes the sales presentation at a later face-to-face meeting between the
seller and the prospective purchaser. However, if a seller, directly following a telephone solicitation,
causes an individual whose primary purpose it is to go to the prospective purchaser to collect the payment or
deliver any item purchased, this exemption does not apply.
(d)
Any licensed securities, commodities, or investments broker, dealer or investment advisor, when
soliciting within the scope of his license. As used in this section, "licensed securities, commodities, or
investments broker, dealer or investment advisor" means a person subject to license or registration as such by
the Securities and Exchange Commission, by the National Association of Securities Dealers or other
self-regulatory organization as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 781), or by an
official or agency of this state or of any state of the United States.
(e)
Any licensed associated person of a securities, commodities, or investments broker, dealer or
investment advisor, when soliciting within the scope of his license. As used in this section, "licensed
associated person of a securities, commodities, or investment broker, dealer or investment advisor" means any
associated person registered or licensed by the National Association of Securities Dealers or other
self-regulatory organization as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 781) or by an
official or agency of this state or of any state of the United States.
(f)
A person primarily soliciting the sale of a newspaper, magazine or periodical of general circulation by
its publisher, or by the publisher's agent through written agreement.
(g)
A book, video or record club or contractual plan or arrangement:
(i)
Under which the seller provides the consumer with a form which the consumer may use to instruct the
seller not to ship the offered merchandise;
(ii)
Which is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission trade regulation concerning "use of negative
option plans by sellers in commerce"; or
(iii)
Which provides for the sale of books, records or videos which are not covered under paragraphs (i)
or (ii), including continuity plans, subscription arrangements, standing order arrangements, supplements and
series arrangements under which the seller periodically ships merchandise to a consumer who has consented in
advance to receive such merchandise on a periodic basis.
(h)
Any supervised financial institution or parent, subsidiary or affiliate thereof. As used in this
section, "supervised financial institution" means any commercial bank, trust company, savings and loan
association, mutual savings bank, credit union, industrial loan company, consumer finance lender, commercial
finance lender or insurer, provided that the institution is subject to supervision by an official or agency of
this state, of any state or of the United States.
(i)
Any licensed insurance or real estate broker, agent, customer representative or solicitor when
soliciting within the scope of his license. As used in this section, "licensed insurance or real estate
broker, agent, customer representative or solicitor" means any insurance or real estate broker, agent,
customer representative or solicitor licensed by an official or agency of this state or of any state of the
United States.
(j)
A person soliciting the sale of services provided by a cable television system operating under
authority of a franchise or permit.
(k)
A person who solicits sales by periodically publishing and delivering a catalog of the seller's
merchandise to prospective purchasers, if the catalog:
(i)
Contains a written description or illustration of each item offered for sale;
(ii)
Includes the business address or home office address of the seller;
(iii)
Includes at least twenty-four (24) pages of written material and illustrations and is distributed
in more than one (1) state; or
(iv)
Has an annual circulation by mailing of not less than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000).
( l)
A person who solicits contracts for the maintenance or repair of goods previously purchased from the
person making the solicitation or on whose behalf the solicitation is made.
(m)
A telephone company, or its subsidiary or agents, or a business which is regulated by the Mississippi
Public Service Commission, or a Federal Communications Commission licensed cellular telephone company or other
bona fide radio telecommunication services provider.
(n)
Any publicly traded corporation which has securities registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission which are a reported security within the meaning of subparagraph (4) of Regulation Section
240.11a3-1,(a), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or which is exempt from registration under
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (E), (F), (G) or (H) of paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 781), or any subsidiary of such a corporation.
(o)
A business soliciting exclusively the sale of telephone answering services, provided that the telephone
answering services will be supplied by the solicitor.
(p)
A person soliciting a transaction regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission if the person
is registered or temporarily licensed for this activity with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq.) and the registration or license has not expired or
been suspended or revoked.
(q)
A person soliciting the sale of food or produce if the solicitation neither intends to result in, or
actually results in, a sale which costs the purchaser in excess of One Hundred Dollars ($ 100.00).
(r)
A person soliciting business from prospective consumers who have an established business relationship
with, or who have previously purchased from, the business enterprise for which the solicitor is calling, if
the solicitor is operating under the same exact business name.
(s)
A person who has been operating, for at least one (1) year, a retail business establishment under the
same name as that used in connection with telemarketing, and both of the following occur on a continuing
basis:
(i)
Either products are displayed and offered for sale, or services are offered for sale and provided at
the business establishment; and
(ii)
A majority of the seller's business involves the buyer obtaining such products or services at the
seller's location.
(t)
Any telephone marketing service company which provides telemarketing sales services under contract to
sellers and has been operating continuously for at least five (5) years under the same business name and
seventy-five percent (75%) of its contracts are performed on behalf of persons exempted from Sections 77-3-601
through 77-3-619.
