2006 Minnesota Statutes

325E.311 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.311 to 325E.316, the terms in
subdivisions 2 to 6 have the meanings given them.
    Subd. 2. Caller. "Caller" means a person, corporation, firm, partnership, association, or legal
or commercial entity that attempts to contact, or that contacts, a residential subscriber in this
state by using a telephone or a telephone line.
    Subd. 3. Caller identification service. "Caller identification service" means a telephone
service that permits telephone subscribers to see the telephone number of incoming telephone
calls.
    Subd. 4. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.
    Subd. 5. Residential subscriber. "Residential subscriber" means a person who has
subscribed to residential telephone services from a telephone company or the other persons
living or residing with the subscribing person.
    Subd. 6. Telephone solicitation. "Telephone solicitation" means any voice communication
over a telephone line for the purpose of encouraging the purchase or rental of, or investment in,
property, goods, or services, whether the communication is made by a live operator, through the
use of an automatic dialing-announcing device as defined in section 325E.26, subdivision 2, or by
other means. Telephone solicitation does not include communications:
(1) to any residential subscriber with that subscriber's prior express invitation or permission;
or
(2) by or on behalf of any person or entity with whom a residential subscriber has a prior
or current business or personal relationship.
Telephone solicitation also does not include communications if the caller is identified by a caller
identification service and the call is:
(i) by or on behalf of an organization that is identified as a nonprofit organization under
state or federal law;
(ii) by a person soliciting without the intent to complete, and who does not in fact complete,
the sales presentation during the call, but who will complete the sales presentation at a later
face-to-face meeting between the solicitor who makes the call and the prospective purchaser; or
(iii) by a political party as defined under section 200.02, subdivision 6.
History: 2002 c 367 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 92