YouMail put 817,492,900 robocalls into Arkansas in 2025 and 542,118,500 already in 2026. 24,063 DNC complaints — 793 per 100,000, up 33.3%.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
Arkansas layer: Arkansas No-Call Registry Act, Ark. Code § 4-99-401 et seq. State list on top of the federal registry. Telemarketers must scrub both. The Attorney General (Tim Griffin) enforces; consumers still use the federal private right of action as the clean $500/$1,500 count. Deceptive-practice claims can travel with the file.
What changed: No 2026 mini-TCPA. Arkansas joined the 49-AG push at the FCC in 2026 to tighten carrier “know your upstream provider” rules.
Left on the table: 24,063 × $500 ≈ $12.0 million. × $1,500 ≈ $36.1 million. Against 817 million estimated robocalls, that is a rounding error — which is the point. The statute pays per violation. Silence is the discount the industry counts on.
Get on donotcall.gov and the state no-call list. Keep a call log. AG consumer line 800-482-8982. Use the Arkansas Playbook.
Educational only. Not legal advice.
This is a Q3 2026 TeleJustice Academy quarterly law update. Figures: YouMail Robocall Index (estimated volume); 2025 DNC complaint counts and per-capita rates compiled from the FTC Data Book cycle. “Money left on the table” is complaint count × TCPA statutory minimums — an illustration, not a prediction. Robocall indexes include legal recorded calls. Only documented illegal calls and texts support a claim.
Protect the file: National DNC at donotcall.gov · state list where one exists · call log with date, time, number, recording if lawful in your state · screenshots · the Playbook for your state at telejusticeacademy.com and telejusticepro.com.