Montana Telemarketing Registration and Fraud Prevention Act
MT Telemarketing Act
Marketing
Montana requires most telemarketers and sellers to register annually with the Department of Justice before soliciting Montanans. The Act also requires call disclosures, record keeping and cancellation rights, and bans abusive practices such as calling outside 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. or calling people who have asked not to be called.
- Where
- Montana
- Citation
- Mont. Code Ann. 30-14-1401 to 30-14-1414
- Status
- In force
- In force since
- 1999-10-01
- Last amended
- 2021-10-01
- Enforced by
- Montana Department of Justice, Office of Consumer Protection, or county attorneys
- People can sue
- Yes
- Penalties
- Harmed persons recover the greater of actual damages or $500 plus fees and costs; sales by unregistered sellers are void (30-14-1413). Criminal: up to $500/6 months for first compliance offense, up to $50,000/5 years for repeat offenses; telemarketing fraud up to $50,000/10 years (30-14-1414).
- Applies to
- Sellers and telemarketers soliciting Montana consumers, unless exempt under 30-14-1405 (30-14-1404(1)(a))
What a privacy notice must say
- Promptly disclose the seller's identity, that the call's purpose is to sell, the nature of the goods or services, and that no purchase is needed to win a prize.Mont. Code Ann. 30-14-1410(1)
Practices it requires
- Do not call a person who previously asked not to receive calls from that seller, call residences outside 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time, use threatening or harassing conduct, or block caller ID.Mont. Code Ann. 30-14-1412(1)
Registration
- Register with the Department of Justice before acting as a seller or telemarketer, and renew annually.Mont. Code Ann. 30-14-1404(1) · Only if: Not exempt under 30-14-1405
Other duties
- Telemarketers must keep required records for 24 months.Mont. Code Ann. 30-14-1408(1)(a)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Effective dates inferred from history notes (En. Ch. 342, L. 1999; latest amd. Ch. 535, L. 2021) and the default October 1 rule. Exemption list in 30-14-1405 not summarised.
Research reference, not legal advice.