Please note that we are not attorneys and we do not and will not provide legal advice regarding fax laws or any other laws.
If you have questions about United States Federal and State telecommunication
laws we recommend you contact an attorney familiar with those laws.
In 1991, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in response to consumer concerns about the growing number of unsolicited telephone marketing calls to their homes and the increasing use of automated and prerecorded messages.
Under this law, it is unlawful "to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send an unsolicited advertisement" to any "equipment which has the capacity (A) to transcribe text or images (or both) from an electronic signal received over a regular telephone line onto paper." This law allows individuals to sue the sender of such faxes $500 per fax.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the federal agency tasked with administering the law. To see the FCCs "consumer facts" related to this law, click here.
Additionally, several states have laws that restrict the use of fax for the unsolicited advertising of products and services.