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TITLE 77.  PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
CHAPTER 3.  REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
ARTICLE 15.  MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-3-723
§ 77-3-723. Rules for authorized calls.

(1) Any person or entity who makes an authorized telephone solicitation to a consumer in this state shall announce clearly, at the beginning of each call, his or her name, the company he or she represents and the purpose of the call. Such calls may only be made between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. No telephone solicitations may be made on a Sunday. For purposes of this provision, an "authorized telephone solicitation" means a solicitation that is made: (a) to a consumer who is not listed on the most current "no-calls" database; (b) by a telephone solicitor who has been authorized to make such solicitations under the provisions of Section 77-3-709 of this article; or (c) by a telephone solicitor who is exempt from this act under the provisions of Section 77-3-711 of this article.

(2) A person or entity who makes a telephone solicitation to a consumer in this state may not utilize knowingly any method that blocks or otherwise circumvents the consumer's use of a caller identification service, nor may the person or entity use an automated dialing system or any like system that uses a recorded voice message to communicate with the consumer unless the person or entity has an established business relationship with the consumer and uses the recorded voice message to inform the consumer about a new product or service.

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