Solar companies and setters calling homeowners in Alabama work under the federal telemarketing rules plus Alabama's own. Here is what each one means for a solar appointment floor, with the official source for every rule.
From official sources, checked September 26, 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Alabama requires some telephone sellers or telemarketers to register or be licensed before calling there. License with the Attorney General before doing business in Alabama. Check the exemptions before your floor dials Alabama.
Ala. Code 8-19A-5Alabama sets its own window: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; no Sundays or holidays. It covers live and automated solicitation calls to consumers in Alabama. Holidays: no solicitation calls on holidays; rule does not list them. Set the dialer to the narrower of the state and federal windows.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-5-.17Alabama relies on the National Do Not Call Registry. PSC says Alabama adopted and merged into the national registry.
Ala. Code 8-19C-2; Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-5-.31The research found no separate Alabama statute on automated sales calls. No statute found; a PSC rule regulates automatic dialing devices. Federal rules still apply.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-5-.17Alabama allows recording with one party's consent. PSC rule requires notice and permission to record consumer responses.
Ala. Code 13A-11-30, 13A-11-31Alabama licenses commercial telephone sellers through the Attorney General, bars solicitation calls on Sundays, holidays, and outside 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. by Public Service Commission rule, and has merged its do not call register with the national registry.
Federal rules and Alabama's own rules both apply: the National Do Not Call Registry, the calling window, consent rules for automated calls and texts, and any Alabama registration requirement. The Alabama rules page lists each one with its source. General information, not legal advice.
Alabama: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; no Sundays or holidays. The federal window is 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the homeowner's location; use the narrower one.
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