YouMail: 196,615,000 robocalls in 2025, 133,705,700 in 2026 YTD. Billings appears on national city lists more often than the state’s population would suggest. 7,510 DNC complaints — 680 per 100,000, up 47.8%.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
Montana layer:
- State consumer-protection / telemarketing rules and AG enforcement.
- No Florida-style private $500 mini-TCPA. The per-call private number is the TCPA.
- Montana’s variable is the complaint spike — nearly half again as many reports year over year — in a state callers treat as empty sky.
What changed: No 2026 mini-TCPA. Montana signed the 49-AG FCC letters.
Left on the table: 7,510 × $500 ≈ $3.8 million. × $1,500 ≈ $11.3 million.
Register at donotcall.gov. Montana is generally one-party consent. Report to the Montana AG consumer protection office. Use the Montana 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.