The SMS Coach, Justin H. Mueller

Oregon SMS Marketing and A2P Messaging Rules

A plain-language, source-linked guide to Oregon authorities relevant to SMS, MMS, telemarketing, privacy, consent, and do-not-call issues.

1reviewed source record
1express text-message source
0fact-dependent sources
0related or unresolved sources

What the sources say

The Oregon sources reviewed for this page include 1 source that expressly cover text messaging. Other sources may apply only to particular activities or provide related context. Federal law, carrier policy, and sender-registration requirements may still apply alongside state law.

Authorities and official sources

Each entry explains what the source says, where its limits are, and what it does not establish.

State law · Current

ORS 646.561, 646.563, 646.567, 646.569, as amended by 2025 c.580

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How this authority relates to messaging

The reviewed source expressly includes text messaging within a broader legal or regulatory framework.

What the source establishes

  • “Telephone solicitation” now includes “(A) A call on a telephone or telephone line; or (B) A text message”; unlawful practices include subsequent contact after a no-call/no-text request, calls/texts outside allowed hours, more than three solicitations in 24 hours, and misrepresentation of identity/purpose.

Limits and important context

  • Broad voice-and-text solicitation regulation plus DNC.
  • Honor no-call/no-text requests; 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; no more than three contacts in 24 hours absent established business relationship; truthful identity and purpose.
  • Excludes charitable/public-agency messages, polling/opinion/vote contacts, B2B, and direct responses.
  • State enforcement and likely private-action follow-up required.
  • Unlawful practice under Oregon consumer law; AG rulemaking and DNC administration.

Exceptions or special treatment

  • Established business relationship: Honor no-call/no-text requests; 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; no more than three contacts in 24 hours absent established business relationship; truthful identity and purpose.
  • Charitable or public-agency message: Excludes charitable/public-agency messages, polling/opinion/vote contacts, B2B, and direct responses.
  • Polling, opinion, or vote contact: Excludes charitable/public-agency messages, polling/opinion/vote contacts, B2B, and direct responses.
  • Business-to-business message: Excludes charitable/public-agency messages, polling/opinion/vote contacts, B2B, and direct responses.
  • Direct response: Excludes charitable/public-agency messages, polling/opinion/vote contacts, B2B, and direct responses.

Official and supporting sources

  1. ORS 646.561(4)(a) (definition incl. text message; amended 2025 c.580 §1); ORS 646.569 (hours, 3-in-24, no-contact requests)
Source and review details
Jurisdiction
Oregon
Source type
State law
Current status
Current

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