The SMS Coach, Justin H Mueller

A2P Authority Stack Preflight

Choose your program details to explore U.S. federal, state, carrier, registration, industry, and channel authority layers. Results link to sources and fact sheets with review status and limitations. Free. No signup.

Results identify sources for review; they do not determine compliance or establish that every relevant authority has been included.

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110authority records
9national fact sheets
51state and D.C. jurisdictions
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How to use these results

U.S. messaging compliance is not governed by one rulebook. The relevant authority stack changes with the channel, use case, sender path where applicable, recipient jurisdiction, and other program facts. This resource is intended for teams and professionals who need to scope those authorities before registration, launch, review, or expansion.

I created this resource to help cut through the noise and the growing complexity of compliance for U.S. messaging programs. It does not tell you what to do or interpret a rule for your specific facts. It is designed to show you who is making the rules, which authority layers are relevant to the details you select, and where to find the underlying source material.

If you need help applying those requirements to a program, working through compliance or deliverability concerns, or designing, managing, or growing messaging operations, see Products & Advisory or Request via Intake.

Your selections are used only to generate the current result and are not saved as a report. Every result links to a fact sheet and source references with recorded review status and limitations.

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