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Robocall Lawyer in North Dakota: $500 to $1,500 Per Illegal Call
North Dakota’s telephone solicitation chapter, N.D. Cent. Code ch. 51-28, bans prerecorded sales messages without consent, keeps calls between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m., and lets a resident recover treble damages and attorney’s fees. If illegal calls or texts are hitting your phone in North Dakota, you may be owed $500 to $1,500 per call under the federal TCPA.
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North Dakota robocall law at a glance
The federal TCPA supplies fixed per-call damages. North Dakota’s chapter 51-28 adds a state claim with treble damages.
North Dakota is a small state with an unusually complete telemarketing chapter. Section 51-28-02 bars prerecorded or synthesized voice sales messages unless you consented, 51-28-05 sets the 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. window, 51-28-07 and 51-28-08 require the caller to identify itself and forbid interfering with your caller ID, and 51-28-11 gives a resident a private claim for actual damages, treble damages, costs and attorney’s fees. Section 51-28-09 establishes a state do-not-call list, but you do not register separately: the Attorney General’s office says one registration on the national registry adds your number to both the North Dakota list and the national one.
Two laws protect North Dakota residents
A federal law covers everyone, and North Dakota’s own rules can add to it.
The TCPA
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the nationwide law behind every claim.
- Protects everyone in North Dakota, 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.D. Cent. Code ch. 51-28
North Dakota’s telemarketing chapter, enforced by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.
- Calling hours: no solicitation before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. under § 51-28-05.
- Prerecorded messages: § 51-28-02 bars prerecorded or synthesized voice sales messages without prior consent.
- Caller ID: § 51-28-08 forbids interfering with caller identification; § 51-28-07 requires the caller to identify itself.
- Private enforcement: § 51-28-11 allows actual damages, treble damages, costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
How the law works in North Dakota
The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is the law that pays. It bars autodialed and prerecorded calls and texts to a cell phone without prior express consent and bars telemarketing to numbers on the national Do Not Call Registry. The remedy is $500 per violation, up to $1,500 per call when the violation was willful or knowing, and every call or text is its own violation. A month of daily warranty robocalls to a 701 number is thirty separate claims.
North Dakota’s chapter 51-28 is one of the more consumer-friendly state laws. It bars prerecorded or synthesized voice sales messages without your consent, sets calling hours of 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., requires the caller to identify itself, and forbids interfering with your caller ID. Section 51-28-11 gives you a private claim for actual damages, treble damages, costs and attorney’s fees, and Section 51-28-13 gives the Attorney General enforcement powers with civil penalties. The Consumer Protection Division in Bismarck takes complaints at (701) 328-3404. The state do-not-call list exists in the statute, but it is populated from the national registry, so one registration at donotcall.gov covers both.
TCPA suits from North Dakota are filed in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, which holds court in Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks and Minot and covers the whole state under the single 701 area code. A chapter 51-28 claim can sometimes be pleaded in the same case as the federal claim. The TCPA usually carries the case because its statutory damages are fixed per call and do not require proof of what the calls cost you, while the state treble-damages claim is measured against actual loss.
Max Morgan, Esq. reviews North Dakota call records for free. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA. Local counsel is associated where North Dakota rules require it. You pay no fee unless you recover. The federal TCPA limitations period is four years, but talk to us before assuming there is time; the clock runs separately on each call.
Getting illegal calls in North Dakota? Do this.
- Keep the evidence.Your carrier’s call log, voicemails and text screenshots are what a case is built on. Do not delete the repeat calls from rotating 701 numbers.
- Register once at donotcall.gov.The Attorney General’s office says a single registration on the national registry adds your number to both the North Dakota list and the national list. Telemarketing that continues more than 31 days later is a violation.
- Report to the North Dakota Attorney General.The Consumer Protection Division has a Do Not Call complaint form and a general consumer complaint form at attorneygeneral.nd.gov, or call (701) 328-3404. The office does not act on anonymous complaints, so include your name.
- 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 Dakota residents reach out
If any of these sounds like your phone, it’s worth a free look.
What we help North Dakota 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.
Tell us what happened
Answer a few plain-English questions about the calls or texts. It takes about two minutes.
Max reviews it free
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
You pay nothing up front and nothing unless you recover. Max handles the case.
Real cases Max has helped win
The TCPA is federal, so these results apply to North Dakota 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 Dakota robocall FAQs
Does North Dakota have its own Do Not Call list?
Yes, on paper. Section 51-28-09 establishes a state do-not-call list, but the Attorney General’s office does not run a separate signup. One registration on the national Do Not Call Registry, online or at (888) 382-1222, adds your number to both the North Dakota list and the national list.
Which court hears a North Dakota robocall case?
TCPA claims are federal, so they go to the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, which sits in Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks and Minot. A chapter 51-28 claim can sometimes be added to the same case. We handle the filing; you do not need to travel to a courthouse to get started.
Do I need a North Dakota lawyer?
Not necessarily. The TCPA is a federal statute, so your claim does not depend on hiring a lawyer licensed in North Dakota. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA. Local counsel is associated where North Dakota rules require it.
Does North Dakota law add anything to a TCPA claim?
It can. Section 51-28-11 lets a resident recover actual damages, treble damages, costs and attorney’s fees from a violator, and Section 51-28-02 bars prerecorded sales messages without consent. Those pair naturally with a federal prerecorded call claim, though the TCPA’s fixed $500 to $1,500 per call is usually the larger number.
What are North Dakota’s telemarketing calling hours?
Section 51-28-05 bars telephone solicitations before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m., and the Attorney General’s Do Not Call page repeats that rule. Calls outside those hours are worth noting in your log because they show the caller is ignoring the rules, and the same call may also violate the federal TCPA.
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