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Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§6106 Definitions

Title 15 › CHAPTER 87 — TELEMARKETING AND CONSUMER FRAUD AND ABUSE PREVENTION › § 6106

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. "Attorney general" means the top legal officer of a State. "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission. "State" covers any U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any U.S. territory or possession. "Telemarketing" means a plan, program, or campaign that uses one or more telephones to try to get people to buy goods or services or give money and that involves more than one interstate telephone call. It does not include catalog sales when the catalog has a written description or pictures, the seller’s business address, multiple pages, is issued at least once a year, and the seller only takes orders from customer-initiated calls without further solicitation.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §6106

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For purposes of this chapter:
(1)The term “attorney general” means the chief legal officer of a State.
(2)The term “Commission” means the Federal Trade Commission.
(3)The term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.
(4)The term “telemarketing” means a plan, program, or campaign which is conducted to induce purchases of goods or services, or a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value, by use of one or more telephones and which involves more than one interstate telephone call. The term does not include the solicitation of sales through the mailing of a catalog which—
(A)contains a written description, or illustration of the goods or services offered for sale,
(B)includes the business address of the seller,
(C)includes multiple pages of written material or illustrations, and
(D)has been issued not less frequently than once a year,
where the person making the solicitation does not solicit customers by telephone but only receives calls initiated by customers in response to the catalog and during those calls takes orders only without further solicitation.

Legislative History

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Amendments

2001—Par. (4). Pub. L. 107–56 inserted “, or a charitable contribution, donation, or gift of money or any other thing of value,” after “services” in introductory provisions.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 6106

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110