Missouri Do Not Call List: No-Call Law Rights and Up to $5,000 Per Call

Missouri’s No-Call list

Missouri did not hand its list to the federal government. RSMo 407.1101 tells the Attorney General to run a state database, and to fold in the Missouri part of the national registry. The Attorney General’s office says there are currently over 4.3 million Missouri phone lines registered.

• Who can register: Missouri residents only, for home phones and personal cell phones. Business and fax numbers do not qualify.
• How: online through the Attorney General’s No-Call page, by mail, or by phone at 866-289-9633 (866-BUZZOFF). There is no charge.
• Check your number: the same page has a registration lookup.
• Complain: online, by mail, or at (866) 662-2551.

What the No-Call law covers

A “telephone solicitation” under RSMo 407.1095 is “any voice, facsimile, short messaging service (SMS), or multimedia messaging service (MMS)” sent to encourage a purchase, rental, or investment. So marketing texts count. A “residential subscriber” includes anyone with home, wireless, or similar service for primarily personal and family use.

Two core rules apply:

1. No telephone solicitation to a Missouri residential subscriber who has put his or her number on the No-Call list (407.1098).
2. Every solicitor must clearly state who is calling at the start, and may not knowingly block or get around caller ID (407.1104).

Who is exempt

The definition leaves out calls made with your prior express invitation or permission, calls from someone you have done business with in the past 180 days or have a current business or personal relationship with, fundraising by 501(c)(3) charities when a bona fide member makes the call, and entities under federal regulation that must keep their own no-call list. It also exempts natural persons responding to referrals or working from their primary residence, and Missouri-licensed professionals setting appointments. That last exemption is broad, so expect callers to raise it.

Suing under Missouri’s No-Call law

RSMo 407.1107(3) gives a private right of action with a familiar trigger. If you “received more than one telephone solicitation within any twelve-month period by or on behalf of the same person or entity” in violation of the list rule or the identification and caller ID rule, you may:

• Sue to stop the violations;
• Sue to recover your actual monetary loss from the knowing violation, or “up to five thousand dollars in damages for each such knowing violation, whichever is greater”; or
• Do both.

Three limits apply. The violation must be knowing. A company that shows it had reasonable practices and procedures, used with due care, has a defense (407.1107(4)). And you have two years from when you knew or should have known of the violation to file, or two years after any related state case ends, whichever is later (407.1107(5)). That is much shorter than the four years allowed for a federal TCPA claim.

Missouri courts may also exercise jurisdiction over out-of-state callers (407.1107(6)), which matters because many telemarketers are not in Missouri.

Missouri’s telemarketing practices law

A second statute, RSMo 407.1070 to 407.1085, governs how telemarketers behave. Under 407.1076, it is unlawful to:

• Call a residence outside 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. local time.
• Knowingly and willfully call someone who has already said he or she does not want calls from that seller.
• Make the phone ring repeatedly or continuously in a way a reasonable consumer would find annoying, abusive, or harassing.
• Knowingly block or get around caller ID.
• Knowingly help a telemarketer who is breaking these rules.

A consumer who suffers a loss or harm from one of these practices may recover actual and punitive damages, reasonable attorney fees, and court costs (407.1082(3)). Willful and knowing violations of the calling-hours and harassment rules are also class A misdemeanors.

How Missouri law and the TCPA fit together

A Missourian on both the state and federal lists who gets repeat sales calls may bring a Missouri claim and a federal TCPA claim together. The federal claim pays up to $500 per violation, or up to $1,500 if willful or knowing, and does not require proof that the caller knew. The Missouri claim can be worth more per call but needs that proof. Missouri says its remedies are “in addition to all other causes of action” (407.1107(7)). Compare the federal do not call rule and the four-year TCPA deadline.

Missouri in multistate enforcement

Missouri was one of eight states, with Indiana, Michigan, Arkansas, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and Texas, that obtained judgments in 2023 against the Rising Eagle and JSquared Telecom robocall operation run by John Spiller and Jakob Mears. In May 2025, the same group won an order permanently barring Spiller from the telecom industry and requiring him to pay more than $600,000 in fees and costs for violating the 2023 order.

What to do next in Missouri

Confirm your number with the Attorney General’s lookup and write down the date. Then keep a log of each sales call or text, including anything the caller said about who it was. The second call in 12 months from the same company is the point where a Missouri claim can start, so watch that date carefully and remember the two-year clock. File a complaint with the Attorney General too. Our call log template is set up for this, and the state law guide covers Kansas, Illinois, and other neighbors.