Calendar for Implementation of the National Do Not Call Registry

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is creating a National Do Not Call Registry. Soon, the following will occur:

• Telephone registration for the National Do Not Call Registry will be available to consumers coast-to-coast during July 2003. Online registration will be available nationwide on or around July 1. Telephone registration will open for consumers in states west of the Mississippi River—including Minnesota and Louisiana—on the same date. Telephone registration will be available one week later to the entire country.
• In September, telemarketers and other sellers will have access to the registry. They will be required to scrub their call lists against the national do not call registry at least once every 90 days.
• In October, the FTC and the States will start to enforce the National Do Not Call Registry provisions of the Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule. Violators are subject to a fine of up to $11,000 per violation. At this point, consumers on the registry should start to get fewer telemarketing calls.

The FTC's implementation schedule for the National Do Not Call Registry will be updated at www.ftc.gov/donotcall.

Last updated: June 19, 2003