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  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "id": "tcpa-telemarketing-quiet-hours-8am-9pm",
  "slug": "tcpa-telemarketing-quiet-hours-8am-9pm",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/tcpa-telemarketing-quiet-hours-8am-9pm/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/tcpa-telemarketing-quiet-hours-8am-9pm.json",
  "claim": "U.S. telephone solicitations can't be made before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. in the recipient's local time",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"What time can you send marketing texts?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "47 CFR 64.1200 (FCC rules under the TCPA), via eCFR",
    "title": "47 CFR § 64.1200(c)(1) — Delivery restrictions",
    "year": "Current documentation"
  },
  "quote": "No person or entity shall initiate any telephone solicitation to: ( 1 ) Any residential telephone subscriber before the hour of 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. (local time at the called party's location)",
  "method": "Federal regulation.",
  "drift": [
    "Scope: federal rule; check state telemarketing laws too"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (U.S. regulation).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Under FCC rule 47 CFR 64.1200(c)(1), telephone solicitations can't be made before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. in the recipient's local time; check state laws as well.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "eCFR — 47 CFR 64.1200",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-64/subpart-L/section-64.1200",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Regulation text read on 2026-10-16",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}