State law guide · North Carolina
Unwanted calls and texts in North Carolina: what the rules say
North Carolina law expressly covers certain telephone and wireless calls or text messages for sales, information-gathering, and related solicitation purposes. It also regulates automatic dialing and recorded-message players.
Where the rules draw a line
Covered solicitations generally must occur between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. The law permits exceptions, and repeat-violation counting is part of the private remedy.
What this can mean for a consumer
A subscriber may seek an injunction and $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second, or $5,000 for a third or later violation within two years. These amounts are statutory limits, not guaranteed recovery.
Keep the details
Save the full text thread, call log, voicemails, dates and times, the company or product named, and any reply asking the sender to stop. Those details can help show what happened; they do not establish by themselves that a law was violated.
Official North Carolina sources
This page is general information, not legal advice. State and federal rules have different definitions, exceptions, and deadlines. Whether a rule applies depends on the facts and current law.