[net.consumers] Junk Phone Calls and Solicitations

kah@ihldt.UUCP (Kurt Hedlund) (03/07/84)

      There are laws that can prohibit specific types of solicitations.

 The one that I'm most familiar with is an Illinois state law
 that prohibits real estate solicitation. The law was designed
 to help stem panic peddling in changing neighborhoods.
 The law covers all forms of solicitation, i.e. telephone,
 door to door or mail. The catch is the solicitor must be served with
 a list of those people who do not want to be solicited beforehand.
 Normally community organizations compile a list of neighborhood 
 residents not wishing to be solicited then presents them to all 
 the local real estate brokers.
 If a broker solicits a person on the list in any way, the broker can
 be charged with a felony. However I've never heard of individuals 
 using this law.


                                       Kurt Hedlund
                                         (..ihldt!kah)