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Robocall Lawyer in North Carolina: $500 to $1,500 Per Illegal Call
North Carolina’s Telephone Solicitations law, Article 4 of Chapter 75 of the General Statutes, bans most unsolicited calls made with automatic dialers or recorded message players and gives residents their own right to sue. If illegal calls or texts are hitting your phone in North Carolina, you may be owed $500 to $1,500 per call under the federal TCPA.
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North Carolina robocall law at a glance
The federal TCPA supplies the per-call damages. North Carolina’s Chapter 75 adds a state claim with its own escalating penalties.
North Carolina is one of the states that wrote a private lawsuit into its own telemarketing statute. Section 75-105 lets a resident sue for $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second and $5,000 for a third or later violation within two years, and lets the Attorney General sue as well. Section 75-102 sets an 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. window and defines the Do Not Call registry as the FTC’s national list, so the state does not keep a list of its own. Section 75-104 restricts automatic dialing and recorded message players outright, with exceptions for things like debt collection, appointment reminders and charities. The federal TCPA still supplies the per-call damages that carry most cases, and the two can sometimes be pleaded together.
Two laws protect North Carolina residents
A federal law covers everyone, and North Carolina’s own rules can add to it.
The TCPA
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the nationwide law behind every claim.
- Protects everyone in North Carolina, no matter the state rules.
- Bars autodialed or prerecorded calls and texts to your cell without consent.
- $500 to $1,500 per call, stacking with every violation.
- You can sue personally, you don’t wait on the government.
Telephone Solicitations, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 75-100 to 75-105
North Carolina’s telemarketing article, enforced by the Attorney General and by residents themselves.
- Calling hours: no telephone solicitation before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. under § 75-102.
- Autodialers: § 75-104 restricts unsolicited calls made with automatic dialing and recorded message players.
- Do Not Call: the registry is the FTC’s national list; the state keeps no separate list.
- Private suit: § 75-105 sets damages of $500, $1,000 and $5,000 for first, second and later violations within two years.
How the law works in North Carolina
The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is the law that pays in a North Carolina robocall case. It bars autodialed and prerecorded calls and texts to a cell phone without prior express consent, and it bars telemarketing to numbers on the national Do Not Call Registry. Each violation carries $500 in statutory damages, and a court may award up to $1,500 per call for willful or knowing violations. Every call and every text counts separately.
North Carolina’s own statute is Article 4 of Chapter 75, Telephone Solicitations. Section 75-102 bars solicitation of numbers on the Do Not Call registry, which the statute defines as the FTC’s national list, and confines sales calls to 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Section 75-104 restricts unsolicited calls made with automatic dialers or recorded message players, with exceptions for debt collection, appointment reminders, utilities and charities. Section 75-105 lets a resident sue for $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second and $5,000 for a third or later violation within two years, and lets the North Carolina Department of Justice sue too. The Attorney General runs a robocall hotline at (844) 8-NO-ROBO.
Federal suits from North Carolina are filed in one of three districts. The Western District covers Charlotte and Asheville and the 704 area code. The Eastern District covers Raleigh, Wilmington and the 919 area code. The Middle District covers Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Durham. A Chapter 75 claim can sometimes be pleaded alongside the TCPA claim in the same case, but the TCPA is the engine because its per-call damages do not depend on proving what the calls cost you.
Max Morgan, Esq. reviews North Carolina call records for free. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA. Local counsel is associated where North Carolina rules require it. You pay no fee unless you recover. The federal TCPA limitations period is four years and the state claim has its own two-year window, so talk to us before assuming there is time.
Getting illegal calls in North Carolina? Do this.
- Keep the evidence.Call logs, voicemails and text screenshots are the case. Do not delete calls from unknown 704 or 919 numbers; they may be the ones that matter.
- Register at donotcall.gov.North Carolina has no separate state list. Section 75-102 treats the FTC’s national registry as the state’s registry, so one registration covers both laws.
- Report to the North Carolina Department of Justice.Use the consumer complaint page at ncdoj.gov or call the robocall hotline at (844) 8-NO-ROBO. The report creates a dated record and feeds the Attorney General’s enforcement work.
- File with the FTC and FCC.Report the number at donotcall.gov and fcc.gov/complaints. Our page on how to report a robocall walks through both.
- Get a free case review.Tell us what is hitting your phone and we will tell you whether it looks like a TCPA case. Start with our two-minute case check.
Why North Carolina residents reach out
If any of these sounds like your phone, it’s worth a free look.
What we help North Carolina residents with
Each of these is a real, recoverable claim under the TCPA.
Wrong-number robocalls
Prerecorded or auto-dialed calls meant for someone else. You can have a claim even though you’re not a customer.
About wrong-number robocall claimsWrong-number debt collection
Auto-dialed collection calls for a debt that was never yours. Illegal twice over, and it pays.
About wrong-number debt collection claims“Stop calling me”
You told them to stop and the calls kept coming. Each one can be a separate violation.
About claims for calls after you said stopSpam text messages
Marketing texts you never agreed to count under the TCPA too. Screenshots are often all the proof you need.
About spam text message lawsuitsDo-Not-Call violations
Registered your number and the calls didn’t stop? Continued telemarketing may entitle you to damages.
About Do Not Call violation claimsPrerecorded cell calls
Robotic or artificial-voice calls to your cell without consent are a clear TCPA violation.
About prerecorded cell call claimsHow it works
Three steps. No cost to find out. No obligation to go further.
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Answer a few plain-English questions about the calls or texts. It takes about two minutes.
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Max Morgan’s team looks at your answers and tells you, honestly, whether you have a claim worth pursuing.
If you qualify, he fights for it
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Real cases Max has helped win
The TCPA is federal, so these results apply to North Carolina residents too.
Wrong-number prerecorded debt-collection calls.
Lucas v. Synchrony Bank (N.D. Ind.)
Telemarketing to Do-Not-Call list & after opt-out.
Campbell v. Everything Breaks (D. Nev.)
385 wrong-number calls at $1,500 each.
Higgs v. Golden Title Loans (W.D. Tenn.)
Prerecorded calls to cell phones without consent.
Key v. Miracle Faith Center (N.D. Fla.)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different.
North Carolina robocall FAQs
Does North Carolina have its own Do Not Call list?
No. Section 75-102 defines the Do Not Call registry as the FTC’s national registry, and only if the federal list ever stopped operating would the Attorney General create a state one. Register once at donotcall.gov and both the state statute and the federal TCPA protect the number.
Which court hears a North Carolina robocall case?
TCPA claims are federal. North Carolina has three districts: the Western District (Charlotte, Asheville), the Middle District (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham) and the Eastern District (Raleigh, Wilmington). We file in the district covering where you live or where the calls reached you.
Do I need a North Carolina lawyer?
Not necessarily. The TCPA is a federal statute, so your claim does not depend on hiring a lawyer licensed in North Carolina. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA. Local counsel is associated where North Carolina rules require it.
Does North Carolina law add anything to a TCPA claim?
Yes, more than most states. Section 75-105 gives residents their own claim: $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second and $5,000 for a third or later violation within two years, with attorney’s fees possible for willful violations. Section 75-104’s autodialer restrictions overlap with the federal Do Not Call rules, and the two claims can sometimes be brought together.
What are North Carolina’s telemarketing calling hours?
Section 75-102 bars telephone solicitations before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. That matches the federal telemarketing window. Calls outside those hours do not by themselves create TCPA damages, but they are strong evidence that the caller is not following any rulebook, so note the times in your log.
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