LincMad: FCC Regulations

This page formerly contained some of the Federal Communications Commission regulations relating to telephone numbering, excerpted from the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47, Volume 3, Part 52, Subpart B (pages 52-55), revised as of October 1, 1997. However, those regulations have been amended substantially, so please go directly to the source for the updated version:

Please visit the National Archives Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, eCFR online, or go directly to 47 CFR 52 (B)

The relevant highlights are:

§52.7 Definitions
§52.9 General requirements
§52.11 North American Numbering Council (NANC)
§52.12 North American Numbering Plan Administrator and B&C Agent
§52.13 North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA)
§52.15 Central office code administration
§52.16 Billing and Collection (B&C) Agent
§52.17 Costs of number administration
§52.19 Area code relief
47 CFR 52 Subpart C — Number Portability §§52.20 – 52.36

In addition, here are links to some of the provisions in the United States Code relating to junk faxes, robocalls, and Caller ID spoofing:

Title 47: Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
- Chapter 5: Wire or Radio Communication
  - Subchapter Ⅱ: Common Carriers
    - Part Ⅰ: Common Carrier Regulation
      - § 227: Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
      - § 227b: Call authentication
      - § 227b-1: Access to number resources
      - § 227b-2: Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General

Note that §227(b)(2), §227b, and §227b-2 are three separate, distinct portions of Title 47. Letters, numbers, and in some cases Roman numerals, in parentheses, indicate subsections and sub-subsections.

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