Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 77 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (§§ 77-1-1 — 77-NEW-NEW-004) › Chapter 3 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES (§§ 77-3-NEW — 77-3-809) › Article 15 - MISSISSIPPI TELEPHONE SOLICITATION ACT (§§ 77-3-701 — 77-3-739) › Section 77-3-711 - Exempt categories

Except as otherwise provided in Section
77-3-707(4)
, the provisions of this article shall not apply to:
(a)
A person soliciting:
(i)
Who does not make the major sales presentation during the telephone solicitation;
(ii)
Without the intent to complete or obtain provisional acceptance of a sale, a charitable contribution, or the payment of some other item of value, pecuniary or otherwise, during the telephone solicitation; or
(iii)
Without the intent to complete, and who does not complete, the sales presentation during the telephone solicitation, but who completes the sales presentation at a later face-to-face meeting between the person soliciting and the prospective purchaser or consumer.
(b)
A person who is a licensee under Chapter 35, Title 73, Mississippi Code of 1972, who is a resident of the State of Mississippi, and whose telephone solicitation is for the sole purpose of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, listing for sale or rent or leasing real estate in connection with his real estate license and not in conjunction with any other offer.
(c)
A motor vehicle dealer as that term is defined in Section
63-17-55
, who is a resident of the State of Mississippi and who maintains a current motor vehicle dealer's license issued by the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission, whose telephone solicitation is for the sole purpose of selling, offering to sell, soliciting or advertising the sale of motor vehicles in connection with his motor vehicle dealer's license and not in conjunction with any other offer.
(d)
An agent, as that term is defined in Section
83-17-1
, whose telephone solicitation is for the sole purpose of soliciting, consulting, advising, or adjusting in the business of insurance; however, this exemption is not applicable to a person calling on behalf of any issuer, as that term is defined in Section
83-9-101
, whose telephone solicitation is for the sole purpose of making a sales presentation or otherwise soliciting the purchase of a Medicare supplement policy or certificate. This paragraph (d) shall not apply to the extent it is preempted under
42 USC Section 1395w-26(b)(3)
.
(e)
A broker-dealer, agent, or investment advisor registered under Chapter 71, Title 75, Mississippi Code of 1972, whose telephone solicitation is for the sole purpose of effecting or attempting to effect the purchase or sale of securities or has the purpose of providing or seeking to provide investment or financial advice.
(f)
A person calling on behalf of a charitable organization which is registered under Chapter 11, Title 79, Mississippi Code of 1972, whose telephone solicitation is for the sole purpose of soliciting for the charitable organization and who receives no compensation for his activities on behalf of the organization.
(g)
A person calling on behalf of a newspaper of general circulation, whose telephone solicitation is for the sole purpose of soliciting a subscription to the newspaper from, or soliciting the purchase of advertising by, the consumer.
(h)
A person calling on behalf of any supervised financial institution or parent, subsidiary or affiliate thereof. As used in this section, "supervised financial institution" means any commercial bank, trust company, savings and loan association, mutual savings bank, credit union, industrial loan company, small loan company, consumer finance lender, commercial finance lender or insurer, provided that the institution has a physical office located in the State of Mississippi and is subject to supervision by an official or agency of the State of Mississippi or of the United States.
(i)
A person calling on behalf of a funeral establishment licensed under Section
73-11-41
, cemetery or monument dealer, if the sole purpose of the telephone solicitation relates to services provided by the funeral or death related establishments in the course of its ordinary business.
(j)
Any telephone solicitor who solicits a consumer with whom he has an established business relationship.
Laws, 2003, ch. 478, § 6; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2005, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 62, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2006, ch. 367, § 6; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 324, § 6, eff. 7/1/2010.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 453, HB 1350,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2024.
Brought forward by Laws, 2023, ch. 416, HB 1225,§ 16, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 471, SB 2821,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Reenacted by Laws, 2017, ch. 312, SB 2165, 6, eff. 7/1/2017.
Reenacted by Laws, 2013, ch. 322, SB 2787, 6, eff. 7/1/2013.