Texting laws · Oklahoma
Oklahoma texting laws for businesses
What 15 O.S. §§ 775C.1 to 775C.6 says about a business texting customers in Oklahoma, read from the statute.
Texting laws by stateStatute read October 29, 2026
The law
| Law | Telephone Solicitation Act of 2022 |
| Citation | 15 O.S. §§ 775C.1 to 775C.6 |
| In force | November 1, 2022 |
| Covers texts? | Through its consent definition. § 775C.2(3)(b) refers to placing 'a commercial telephonic sales call by telephone call, text message, or voicemail transmission'. The Act does not separately define 'commercial telephonic sales call'. |
| Applies to | Commercial telephonic sales calls and commercial telephone solicitation by a commercial telephone seller or salesperson. |
The rules
| Rule | What the statute says | Section |
|---|---|---|
| Consent for automated sales calls | A person may not make 'a commercial telephonic sales call' that 'involves an automated system for the selection or dialing of telephone numbers or the playing of a recorded message' without the called party's prior express written consent. | § 775C.3(A) |
| What counts as written consent | A written agreement bearing the called party's signature that authorizes the calls, texts or voicemails, includes the phone number, and discloses that signing is not a condition of purchase. A signature may be electronic or digital. | § 775C.2(3), (4) |
| Hours | No commercial telephone solicitation call 'before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m. local time in the called person's time zone'. | § 775C.4(A)(1) |
| Frequency | No more than three commercial telephone solicitation calls 'from any number to a person over a twenty-four-hour period on the same subject matter or issue'. | § 775C.4(A)(2) |
| Caller ID | A seller may not conceal or block caller identification. | §§ 775C.3(B), 775C.4(B) |
Texting a customer who contacted you first
- The Act exempts 'a person soliciting business from prospective consumers who have an existing business relationship with or who have previously purchased from the business enterprise for which the solicitor is calling if the solicitor is operating under the same business enterprise' (§ 775C.5, exemption 20).
- It also exempts a person who solicits contracts for the maintenance or repair of goods previously purchased from that person, and a sale completed at a later face-to-face meeting, with conditions (§ 775C.5, exemptions 12 and 3).
- The Act has no express exemption for replying to someone who contacted the business first, and it does not address non-sales or transactional messages.
This matters for missed-call text-back, which replies to someone who just called the business. Federal rules and the reply-versus-marketing line are covered in is missed-call text-back legal?
Penalties
A called party may sue to stop the violation and recover actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, up to three times that for a willful or knowing violation (§ 775C.6). The Act has no STOP notice or cure period and no attorney-fee clause.
What the statute does not settle
- The Act does not define 'commercial telephonic sales call' or 'commercial telephone solicitation', so it does not say in so many words that the hour and frequency limits reach texts.
- This page was written from the enrolled bill (HB 3168, 2022). We could not load the codified text on the state's code site on the day we checked, so later amendments, if any, are not reflected.
Questions
Does Oklahoma law cover text messages from businesses?
Through its consent definition. § 775C.2(3)(b) refers to placing 'a commercial telephonic sales call by telephone call, text message, or voicemail transmission'. The Act does not separately define 'commercial telephonic sales call'.
What happens if a business breaks Oklahoma's texting law?
A called party may sue to stop the violation and recover actual damages or $500, whichever is greater, up to three times that for a willful or knowing violation (§ 775C.6). The Act has no STOP notice or cure period and no attorney-fee clause.
Can a business text a customer who contacted it first in Oklahoma?
The Act exempts 'a person soliciting business from prospective consumers who have an existing business relationship with or who have previously purchased from the business enterprise for which the solicitor is calling if the solicitor is operating under the same business enterprise' (§ 775C.5, exemption 20). It also exempts a person who solicits contracts for the maintenance or repair of goods previously purchased from that person, and a sale completed at a later face-to-face meeting, with conditions (§ 775C.5, exemptions 12 and 3). The Act has no express exemption for replying to someone who contacted the business first, and it does not address non-sales or transactional messages.
Sources
Read October 29, 2026. Federal law (the TCPA and FCC rules) applies on top of state law everywhere. This page describes what the statute says. It is general information, not legal advice, and it does not cover your message content or your industry. Talk to a lawyer before relying on it.