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Robocall Lawyer in Pennsylvania: $500 to $1,500 Per Illegal Call
Pennsylvania runs its own Do Not Call List through the Office of Attorney General under the Telemarketer Registration Act, which was amended in 2026 to require prior express written consent before any robocall and to bar sales calls on Sundays, on holidays, and before 9 a.m. or after 7 p.m. If illegal calls or texts are hitting your phone in Pennsylvania, you may be owed $500 to $1,500 per call under the federal TCPA.
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Pennsylvania robocall law at a glance
The federal TCPA supplies the per-call damages. Pennsylvania’s Telemarketer Registration Act adds a state Do Not Call List and some of the tightest calling rules in the country.
Pennsylvania’s Telemarketer Registration Act has been on the books since 1996, and the July 2026 amendment (Act 47 of 2026) tightened it in ways that matter to consumers. Telemarketers must register with the Attorney General, may not block or falsify caller ID, may not initiate a robocall to any residential, business or wireless line without prior express written consent, and may not make a telephone solicitation on a Sunday, on a legal holiday, or after 7 p.m. or before 9 a.m. The Act’s do-not-call list is kept by a list administrator under the Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and residents can enroll online or by calling 1-888-777-3406. A violation is also a violation of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, and the Act preserves every consumer remedy under that law. The federal TCPA adds the $500 to $1,500 per call.
Two laws protect Pennsylvania residents
A federal law covers everyone, and Pennsylvania’s own rules can add to it.
The TCPA
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the nationwide law behind every claim.
- Protects everyone in Pennsylvania, 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.
Telemarketer Registration Act, 1996 P.L. 911, No. 147 (as amended 2026)
Pennsylvania’s telemarketing and robocall law, enforced by the Office of Attorney General.
- Calling hours: no telephone solicitation on a Sunday, on a legal holiday, or after 7 p.m. or before 9 a.m.
- Robocalls: no robocall to any residential, business or wireless line without the called party’s prior express written consent.
- Do Not Call: a state list kept for the Attorney General; the ban takes effect 30 days after the quarterly list first carries your number.
- Remedies: a violation is also an Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law violation, and consumer remedies under that law are preserved.
How the law works in Pennsylvania
The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is the law that pays in a Pennsylvania 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 on its own. A Philadelphia collector that autodials the wrong cell number fifty times has fifty violations.
Pennsylvania’s Telemarketer Registration Act is one of the stronger state laws, especially after the 2026 amendment. Telemarketers must register with the Office of Attorney General. They may not initiate a robocall, defined as an automated dialing system delivering a prerecorded or artificial voice, to any line without prior express written consent. They may not call on a Sunday or a legal holiday, or after 7 p.m. or before 9 a.m. They may not keep calling a subscriber who has said not to, and a text recipient can stop marketing texts by replying with words like STOP, QUIT or UNSUBSCRIBE. The Pennsylvania Do Not Call List is kept for the Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and a violation of the Act is also a violation of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
Federal TCPA suits from Pennsylvania are filed in one of three districts. The Eastern District covers Philadelphia, Allentown and Reading, with the 215, 267 and 610 area codes. The Middle District covers Harrisburg, Scranton and Williamsport. The Western District covers Pittsburgh and Erie, with 412 and 814. State claims under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law can sometimes be pleaded alongside the TCPA claim in the same case; the TCPA usually carries the case because its damages are fixed per call.
Max Morgan, Esq. is admitted in Pennsylvania (Attorney ID 316096) and New Jersey, and The Weitz Firm’s principal office is in Philadelphia, so a Pennsylvania robocall case is handled from his home jurisdiction. He also takes TCPA cases nationwide. The review is free and you pay no fee unless you recover. The federal TCPA limitations period is four years, but talk to us before assuming there is time; older calls drop off the claim first.
Getting illegal calls in Pennsylvania? 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 215 or 412 numbers.
- Enroll on both lists.Sign up for the Pennsylvania Do Not Call List on the Attorney General’s site or at 1-888-777-3406, and register at donotcall.gov for the national registry. The state ban kicks in 30 days after the quarterly list first carries your number.
- Report to the Office of Attorney General.The Attorney General’s Submit a Complaint page has a Do Not Call complaint form (verify your enrollment first) and a general consumer complaint form for the Bureau of Consumer Protection in Harrisburg.
- 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 Pennsylvania residents reach out
If any of these sounds like your phone, it’s worth a free look.
What we help Pennsylvania 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
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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 Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania robocall FAQs
Does Pennsylvania have its own Do Not Call list?
Yes. The Telemarketer Registration Act created the Pennsylvania Do Not Call List in 2002, and the Office of Attorney General runs it. Enroll online on the Attorney General’s Do Not Call page or call 1-888-777-3406. Register at donotcall.gov as well so the federal rules and the TCPA’s damages apply to the same number.
Which court hears a Pennsylvania robocall case?
TCPA claims are federal. The Eastern District of Pennsylvania sits in Philadelphia, Allentown, Reading and Easton; the Middle District in Harrisburg, Scranton and Williamsport; the Western District in Pittsburgh, Erie and Johnstown. We file in the district that covers where you live or where the calls reached you.
Do I need a Pennsylvania lawyer?
You have one. Max Morgan, Esq. is admitted in Pennsylvania (Attorney ID 316096) and New Jersey, and The Weitz Firm’s principal office is in Philadelphia. A Pennsylvania robocall case is handled from his home jurisdiction under the federal TCPA, with no local counsel needed.
Does Pennsylvania law add anything to a TCPA claim?
Yes. As amended in 2026, the Telemarketer Registration Act bars robocalls to any line without prior express written consent, bars calls on Sundays, holidays and outside 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and makes every violation an Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law violation, which carries its own consumer remedies. Those claims can sometimes be added to a federal case for wrong-number debt collection calls or spam texts; the TCPA’s $500 to $1,500 per call remains the core.
What are Pennsylvania’s telemarketing calling hours?
Tighter than the federal rule. Under the Act as amended July 20, 2026, a telemarketer may not initiate a telephone solicitation on a Sunday, on a legal holiday, or after 7 p.m. or before 9 a.m. The federal telemarketing rule allows 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day, so a call at 8 p.m. on a Sunday breaks Pennsylvania law even though it passes the federal test. Log the day and time of every call.
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