YouMail: 421,897,800 robocalls in 2025, 277,827,200 in 2026 YTD. 29,991 DNC complaints — 525 per 100,000, up only 2.5%. That looks calm on a chart. It is not calm on a dinner table.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
Minnesota layer:
- Minn. Stat. § 325E.26–325E.316 (Telephone Solicitation Regulation). State DNC rules, caller-ID, and AG enforcement.
- Minnesota Consumer Fraud Act theories travel with a deceptive sale.
- No Florida-style private $500 mini-TCPA. The per-call private engine is the TCPA.
What changed: Attorney General Keith Ellison co-led 2026 FCC comments with North Dakota on “know your upstream provider” carrier rules. That is public enforcement. Your private file is still the call log.
Left on the table: 29,991 × $500 ≈ $15.0 million. × $1,500 ≈ $45.0 million.
Register at donotcall.gov. Minnesota is generally one-party consent. Report to the Minnesota AG consumer division. Use the Minnesota Playbook.
This is a Q3 2026 TeleJustice Academy quarterly law update. Figures: YouMail Robocall Index (estimated volume); 2025 DNC complaint counts and per-capita rates 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. Educational only. Not legal advice. TeleJustice Academy is not a law firm. Protect the file: donotcall.gov · state list where one exists · call log with date, time, number · screenshots · your state Playbook at telejusticeacademy.com and telejusticepro.com.