Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§6155 Prohibition of expiration date

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 87A— - NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY › § 6155

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Numbers on the national Do-Not-Call list from its start and those added after March 11, 2003 must stay on the list unless the person assigned the number asks or the Federal Trade Commission finds the number disconnected, reassigned, or invalid.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §6155

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Telephone numbers registered on the national “do-not-call” registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 CFR 310.4(b)(1)(iii)) since the establishment of the registry and telephone numbers registered on such registry after March 11, 2003, shall not be removed from such registry except as provided for in subsection (b) or upon the request of the individual to whom the telephone number is assigned.

(b)The Federal Trade Commission shall periodically check telephone numbers registered on the national “do-not-call” registry against national or other appropriate databases and shall remove from such registry those telephone numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned. Nothing in this section prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from removing invalid telephone numbers from the registry at any time.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 6155

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73