Solar companies and setters calling homeowners in South Dakota work under the federal telemarketing rules plus South Dakota'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.
South Dakota requires some telephone sellers or telemarketers to register or be licensed before calling there. Register with Public Utilities Commission, annually, before unsolicited residential calls. Check the exemptions before your floor dials South Dakota.
SDCL 49-31-105; ARSD 20:10:35:08 to 20:10:35:10South Dakota sets its own window: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., no Sunday calls. It covers unsolicited consumer calls or texts to residences; recorded message dialers weekdays only. Set the dialer to the narrower of the state and federal windows.
SDCL 37-30A-3(2); 37-30-28South Dakota relies on the National Do Not Call Registry. Commission uses South Dakota numbers on the federal registry as register.
ARSD 20:10:35:02; SDCL 49-31-103South Dakota has its own law on automated or recorded sales calls. Recorded message dialers: register first, weekdays only, no cell calls. It can be stricter than the federal rules.
SDCL 37-30-25 to 37-30-28South Dakota allows recording with one party's consent. Consent of either a sender or receiver.
SDCL 23A-35A-20South Dakota requires registration with the Public Utilities Commission before unsolicited residential calls, uses national registry numbers as its do not call register, bars unsolicited telemarketer calls to residences before 9 a.m., after 9 p.m., or on Sunday, and restricts recorded message dialers.
Federal rules and South Dakota's own rules both apply: the National Do Not Call Registry, the calling window, consent rules for automated calls and texts, and any South Dakota registration requirement. The South Dakota rules page lists each one with its source. General information, not legal advice.
South Dakota: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., no Sunday calls. The federal window is 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the homeowner's location; use the narrower one.
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