Mississippi
What Mississippi's rule says
What are the calling hours in Mississippi?
In Mississippi, telephone solicitations are allowed only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and never on Sunday. The rule is Miss. Code § 77-3-723(1), and it counts texts: a 'consumer' is anyone receiving a call or a text.
The statute fixes the window in 'Central Standard Time' rather than local time. Read literally, during daylight saving time 8 p.m. Central Standard is 9 p.m. on Mississippi clocks; the safe course is to stop at 8 p.m. local time all year.
The hours apply to every authorized solicitation, including by solicitors exempt from Mississippi's no-call list.
House Bill 1225 moved enforcement to the Attorney General from July 1, 2023, without changing the hours. The Public Service Commission's former holiday ban no longer applies, according to industry sources; we couldn't confirm that in official text.
Who the rule covers
Mississippi's window applies on top of the federal 8 a.m.–9 p.m. rules; where both apply, follow the narrower one.
- Covers: telephone solicitations and texts to consumers, people or businesses, in Mississippi.
- Days: Monday through Saturday only.
Mississippi's rules and where they come from
Telephone solicitation hours (Miss. Code § 77-3-723(1)): Telephone solicitations only between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Central Standard Time, Monday through Saturday; none on Sunday. Applies to every solicitation, including by solicitors exempt from the no-call list. In force since July 1, 2023.
The statutes and regulator pages are linked under 'Statutes, regulators and sources' below.
Do Mississippi's calling hours apply to texts?
Mississippi defines a 'consumer' as a person or business receiving a call or a text, so marketing texts get the same window: 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Time zones and area codes in Mississippi
Mississippi is on one clock: Central.
Area codes in Mississippi: 228, 471, 601, 662, 769. A number's area code is a clue to where the person is, not proof: people keep their numbers when they move.
Calling Mississippi from TopReach
TopReach smart lists only dial a lead inside the legal window in their own time zone (weekdays 9 a.m.–9 p.m., weekends 10 a.m.–6 p.m.) and skip statutory holidays, and a rep calling a lead outside their hours is asked to confirm first. They don't apply Mississippi's own rule for you. To stay inside it, set your workspace's quiet hours from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., business days Monday to Saturday.
Recording calls into Mississippi: One-party consent: you can record a call you're on. TopReach records only when your workspace policy says so (never, always, or the rep's choice), and it doesn't play a recording announcement for you, so reps say it at the start of the call where consent is needed.
