Robocall Help · Oregon
Robocall Lawyer in Oregon: $500 to $1,500 Per Illegal Call
Oregon’s telephone solicitation statutes, ORS 646.561 to 646.578, keep sales calls between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., cap them at three per party in 24 hours, and make a violation an unlawful trade practice the Department of Justice can prosecute. If illegal calls or texts are hitting your phone in Oregon, you may be owed $500 to $1,500 per call under the federal TCPA.
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Oregon robocall law at a glance
The federal TCPA supplies the per-call damages. Oregon’s ORS chapter 646 adds calling limits and Department of Justice enforcement.
Oregon’s rules are spread across a short run of sections in ORS chapter 646. ORS 646.563 makes it unlawful to keep calling or texting after a party says not to, to solicit outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., to solicit the same party more than three times in 24 hours, or to misrepresent who is calling. ORS 646.569 bars solicitation of anyone on the do-not-call list, and ORS 646.572 lets the Attorney General designate the federal registry as that list, which is what Oregon does; the Department of Justice tells residents to register at donotcall.gov. A violation of ORS 646.563 is an unlawful practice under ORS 646.608, so the Department of Justice can investigate and sue. The federal TCPA still supplies the $500 to $1,500 per call.
Two laws protect Oregon residents
A federal law covers everyone, and Oregon’s own rules can add to it.
The TCPA
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the nationwide law behind every claim.
- Protects everyone in Oregon, 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 solicitation, ORS 646.561 to 646.578
Oregon’s telemarketing rules, enforced by the Oregon Department of Justice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
- Calling hours: ORS 646.563 bars solicitations outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and more than three solicitations to one party in 24 hours.
- Stop requests: calling or texting again after a party says not to is unlawful.
- Do Not Call: ORS 646.572 lets the Attorney General designate the federal registry, so there is no separate Oregon list.
- Enforcement: a violation is an unlawful practice under ORS 646.608, enforced by the Department of Justice.
How the law works in Oregon
The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is the law that pays in an Oregon robocall case. 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 counts separately. A Portland solar seller that leaves a recorded pitch on your cell every afternoon for a month has run up thirty violations.
Oregon’s own rules live in ORS chapter 646. ORS 646.563 makes it unlawful to keep soliciting a party who has said not to call or text again, to solicit outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., to solicit the same party more than three times in 24 hours, or to misrepresent the caller’s identity. ORS 646.569 bars calls to anyone on the do-not-call list, and ORS 646.572 lets the Attorney General designate the federal registry as that list, which Oregon has done. A violation is an unlawful practice under ORS 646.608, which the Department of Justice enforces through investigations, injunctions and civil penalties, and private parties can pursue damages and attorney’s fees under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
Federal TCPA suits from Oregon are filed in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, which holds court in Portland, Eugene, Medford and Pendleton and covers the whole state, including Salem, Gresham and the 503, 971 and 541 area codes. An Unlawful Trade Practices Act claim can sometimes be pleaded alongside the federal claim in the same case. The TCPA usually carries the case because its damages are fixed per call and do not depend on proving what the calls cost you.
Max Morgan, Esq. reviews Oregon call records for free. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA. Local counsel is associated where Oregon 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; each call has its own date.
Getting illegal calls in Oregon? Do this.
- Keep the evidence.Your carrier’s call log, the voicemails and screenshots of the texts are what the case is built on. Do not delete calls from rotating 503 or 541 numbers.
- Register at donotcall.gov.Oregon designates the national registry as its do-not-call list, and the Department of Justice sends residents there or to (888) 382-1222. Telemarketing that continues more than 31 days later is a separate violation.
- Report to the Oregon Department of Justice.Use the consumer complaint form at justice.oregon.gov/consumercomplaints or call the consumer hotline at 1-877-877-9392. The Department also links a Do Not Call violation report from its telemarketing page.
- 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 Oregon residents reach out
If any of these sounds like your phone, it’s worth a free look.
What we help Oregon 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.
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 Oregon 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.
Oregon robocall FAQs
Does Oregon have its own Do Not Call list?
No. ORS 646.572 lets the Attorney General run a state program or designate the federal registry, and Oregon uses the national Do Not Call Registry. The Department of Justice’s telemarketing page tells residents to register at donotcall.gov or (888) 382-1222, and to report violations to the national complaint system.
Which court hears an Oregon robocall case?
TCPA claims are federal, so they go to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, which sits in Portland, Eugene, Medford and Pendleton. An Unlawful Trade Practices Act 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 an Oregon lawyer?
Not necessarily. The TCPA is a federal statute, so your claim does not depend on hiring a lawyer licensed in Oregon. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA. Local counsel is associated where Oregon rules require it.
Does Oregon law add anything to a TCPA claim?
It can. ORS 646.563 makes it unlawful to keep calling or texting after you say stop, to call outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., or to call more than three times in 24 hours, and a violation is an unlawful trade practice with its own remedies. That pairs naturally with a federal claim for calls after you said stop, though the TCPA’s fixed $500 to $1,500 per call is usually the larger number.
What are Oregon’s telemarketing calling hours?
ORS 646.563 bars telephone solicitations outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., an hour earlier in the evening than the federal 9 p.m. cutoff, and bars more than three solicitations to the same party in a 24-hour period unless there is an established business relationship. Log the times and the count; both matter.
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