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

South Carolina Statutes

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

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(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 prohibit

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(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): (1) are subject to Section 16-17-445(B)(1), (2), and (3); (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).

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 656, SECTION 2; 1991 Act No. 89, SECTION 1. Validity For validity of this section, see Cahaly v. LaRosa, 25 F.Supp.3d 817 (D.S.C., 2014), 796 F.3d 399 (C.A.4 (S.C.)). Editor's Note Section 16-17-445 was deleted by 2018 Act No. 218, SECTION 2. See now, Chapter 21, Title 37.