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Robocall Lawyer in Texas: $500 to $1,500 Per Illegal Call
Texas is one of the few states that still runs its own no-call list, the Texas No Call List kept by the Public Utility Commission, on top of the national registry. Texas also gives its residents a state-law right to sue over federal robocall violations under Business and Commerce Code section 305.053. If illegal calls or texts are hitting your phone in Texas, you may be owed $500 to $1,500 per call.
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Texas robocall law at a glance
The federal TCPA covers every Texan. Texas layers its own telemarketing chapters and a state no-call list on top of it.
Two laws protect Texas residents
The TCPA is the federal engine behind these cases. Texas adds its own chapters, and one of them lets you bring the federal claim in a Texas courtroom.
The TCPA
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the nationwide law behind every claim.
- Protects everyone in Texas, 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.
Texas Telemarketing Disclosure and Privacy Act (Bus. & Com. Code ch. 304) and § 305.053
What Texas adds on top of the federal rules.
- Calling hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, noon to 9 p.m. on Sundays.
- No-call list: Telemarketers may not call a number more than 60 days after it appears on the Texas No Call List (§ 304.052).
- State right to sue: § 305.053 lets a Texan sue over a federal TCPA violation for $500 per violation, up to $1,500 if knowing or intentional.
- Registration: Sellers calling into or from Texas need a registration certificate from the Secretary of State (§ 302.101).
How the law works in Texas
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, is the law that turns an illegal robocall into a money claim. It bars autodialed and prerecorded calls and texts to your cell phone without your consent, and it bars telemarketing calls to numbers on the national Do Not Call Registry. Each illegal call or text is worth $500 in statutory damages, and up to $1,500 when the violation was willful or knowing. Those figures stack per call, which is why a steady stream of robocalls in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas or Austin can add up to a real claim.
Texas is unusual in two ways. First, it runs its own no-call list. The Texas No Call List is sponsored by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, registration is free at texasnocall.com, and under Business and Commerce Code § 304.052 a telemarketer may not call a listed number more than 60 days after it appears on the list. Second, Business and Commerce Code § 305.053 gives Texans a state-law cause of action for violations of the federal TCPA, with the same $500 and $1,500 figures. In practice that means a Texas claim can be pleaded under both federal and state law. Texas also limits sales calls to 9 a.m. through 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon through 9 p.m. on Sunday (§ 301.051), and it requires telephone sellers to hold a registration certificate from the Secretary of State (§ 302.101). The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division enforces the state chapters; the PUC handles no-call list complaints.
TCPA suits from Texas are typically filed in one of the four federal districts: the Northern District (Dallas and Fort Worth), the Southern District (Houston), the Eastern District (Tyler, Sherman and Plano) or the Western District (San Antonio, Austin and El Paso). Whether your number starts with 713, 214, 210 or 512 does not change the federal claim, but it does help us identify which district is convenient for you. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA. Local counsel is associated where Texas rules require it. Max Morgan, Esq. is licensed in Pennsylvania and offers a free review of your call records; you pay no attorney’s fee unless you recover. The federal TCPA limitations period is generally four years, but shorter state deadlines can apply to state claims, so talk to us before assuming there is time.
Getting illegal calls in Texas? Do this.
- Register on both lists.Add your number to the national Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov and to the Texas No Call List at texasnocall.com. Registration on the Texas list is free and calls must stop within 60 days.
- Keep the evidence.Do not delete calls, voicemails or texts. Screenshot the call log and note the number, the company if you can tell, and what the recording said.
- Complain in Texas and nationally.File a consumer complaint with the Texas Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division at texasattorneygeneral.gov, report the number to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, and file with the FCC at consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. Complaints build the record; they do not pay you.
- Say stop, then get a free review.Tell the caller to stop if it is safe to do so. Calls that continue after that can be worth up to $1,500 each. Then check whether you qualify for a robocall claim.
Why Texas residents reach out
Three patterns we see from Texas phones. If one sounds familiar, it is worth a free look.
Two registrations, one continuing campaign. Under the TCPA, telemarketing calls to a registered number can be worth $500 to $1,500 each, and Texas law adds a state claim on top. Read about Do Not Call violation claims.
A wrong-number collection campaign is one of the strongest TCPA fact patterns because you never consented. See how wrong-number debt collection calls become claims.
A prerecorded sales call to a cell phone without consent is a TCPA violation on its own, and an 8 a.m. sales call is also outside Texas calling hours. More on prerecorded call violations.
What we help Texas 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 Texas 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.
Texas robocall FAQs
Does Texas have its own Do Not Call list?
Yes. The Texas No Call List is sponsored by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and is separate from the national registry. Registration is free at texasnocall.com. Under Business and Commerce Code § 304.052, a telemarketer may not call your number more than 60 days after it appears on the list, so register on both the Texas list and the national registry.
Which court would a Texas robocall case go to?
Most TCPA cases are filed in federal court. Texas has four federal districts: the Northern District in Dallas and Fort Worth, the Southern District in Houston, the Eastern District in Tyler, Sherman and Plano, and the Western District in San Antonio, Austin and El Paso. Because § 305.053 creates a state claim too, some cases can be filed in Texas state court instead. We choose the forum after reviewing your records.
Do I need a Texas lawyer for a robocall case?
Not necessarily. The TCPA is a federal law, so an attorney does not have to be based in Texas to bring the claim. Cases are handled nationwide under the federal TCPA, and local counsel is associated where Texas rules require it. Your review is free and there is no attorney’s fee unless you recover.
Does Texas law add anything to the federal TCPA?
It does. Business and Commerce Code § 305.053 gives Texans a state-law right to sue over TCPA violations for $500 per violation, and up to $1,500 if the violation was knowing or intentional. Texas also enforces calling hours, seller registration and the state no-call list. Those state provisions can be added to a federal claim when the facts support them.
What are Texas calling hours for telemarketers?
Business and Commerce Code § 301.051 allows sales calls only after 9 a.m. and before 9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and after noon and before 9 p.m. on Sundays. Federal rules separately bar telemarketing calls before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. A call outside those windows is evidence, and if it was autodialed or prerecorded it may also be a TCPA violation worth money.
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