Robocall Lawyer in Kentucky: $500 to $1,500 Per Illegal Call

The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is the law that puts a dollar figure on a Kentucky robocall. It bars autodialed or prerecorded calls and texts to a cell phone without your consent, and it bars telemarketing to a number on the Do Not Call Registry. Each call or text is a separate violation worth $500, and up to $1,500 when the caller acted willfully or knowingly. The Kentucky cases we see most are wrong-number robocalls from lenders and collectors, and prerecorded sales calls to a cell phone.

Kentucky’s own law is the telephone solicitation chapter of the Consumer Protection Act, KRS 367.46951 to 367.46999. The key section is KRS 367.46955, which lists 19 prohibited acts. For someone getting unwanted calls, four matter most: subsection (15) bars a sales call to a residential number on the national Do Not Call Registry; subsection (16) limits sales calls to a residence to 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time, two hours later in the morning than the federal rule; subsection (18) bars an artificial or prerecorded sales message to a residential phone unless you gave prior express consent; and subsection (9) bars misleading caller ID. Kentucky does not run a separate list. The Attorney General’s office explains that as of 2007 the Kentucky No Call list is maintained as part of the national registry, so one registration at donotcall.gov covers a 502, 859, or 270 number under both laws.

The Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection in Frankfort enforces the state law and takes complaints, but a private TCPA suit is a separate track that you control. Kentucky has two federal districts: the Eastern District of Kentucky, which includes Lexington, Covington, and Frankfort, and the Western District of Kentucky, which includes Louisville, Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Paducah. The case is filed in the district where you live or were called. State-law counts can sometimes be added, but the TCPA is the engine because it pays per call, and a sales call before 10 a.m. or a recorded pitch to your landline is strong evidence that the caller was ignoring the rules.

Max Morgan, Esq. of The Weitz Firm reviews call records for Kentucky residents at no charge. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA. Local counsel is associated where Kentucky rules require it. You pay no fee unless you recover. The federal TCPA limitations period is generally four years, but each call has its own date, so talk to us before assuming there is time.