Solar companies and setters calling homeowners in Rhode Island work under the federal telemarketing rules plus Rhode Island'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.
Rhode Island requires some telephone sellers or telemarketers to register or be licensed before calling there. Telephonic sellers register with Attorney General 10 days before business. Check the exemptions before your floor dials Rhode Island.
R.I. Gen. Laws 5-61-3Rhode Island sets its own window: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. It covers unsolicited sales calls by telephonic sellers to residential, mobile, pager numbers. Holidays: weekday state and federal holidays are excluded. Set the dialer to the narrower of the state and federal windows.
R.I. Gen. Laws 5-61-2(2), 5-61-3.6The research found no separate Rhode Island do not call list. No state list; sellers keep company do not call lists. The National Do Not Call Registry still applies.
R.I. Gen. Laws 5-61-3.5(a)Rhode Island has its own law on automated or recorded sales calls. Recorded message devices need consent or a live operator first. It can be stricter than the federal rules.
R.I. Gen. Laws 5-61-3.4Rhode Island allows recording with one party's consent. A party to the call, or one party's prior consent.
R.I. Gen. Laws 11-35-21(c)(3)Rhode Island requires covered telephonic sellers to register with the Attorney General before calling, allows unsolicited sales calls only 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and restricts recorded message devices.
Federal rules and Rhode Island's own rules both apply: the National Do Not Call Registry, the calling window, consent rules for automated calls and texts, and any Rhode Island registration requirement. The Rhode Island rules page lists each one with its source. General information, not legal advice.
Rhode Island: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The federal window is 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the homeowner's location; use the narrower one.
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