597.814 - Use prohibited; exceptions; restrictions. - Nevada Statutes

597.814  Use prohibited; exceptions; restrictions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 597.816, a person shall not use a device for automatic dialing and announcing to disseminate a prerecorded message in a telephone call unless, before the message is disseminated, a recorded or unrecorded natural voice:

      (a) Informs the person who answers the telephone call of the nature of the call, including, without limitation, the fact that a device for automatic dialing and announcing will be used to disseminate the message if the person who answers the call remains on the line; and

      (b) Provides to the person who answers the telephone call the name, address and telephone number of the business or organization, if any, being represented by the caller.

      2.  A person shall not operate a device for automatic dialing and announcing to place:

      (a) A call that is received by a telephone located in this State during the period between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m.; or

      (b) A call-back or second call to the same telephone number if a person at the telephone number terminated the original call.

      3.  This section does not prohibit the use of a device for automatic dialing and announcing to dial the number of and play a recorded message to a person with whom the person using the device or another person affiliated with the person using the device has a preexisting business relationship.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 79; A 1999, 3332; 2003, 2874)