TCPA Demand Letter - Kansas

KANSAS TCPA DEMAND LETTER

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[LAW FIRM NAME]
[________________________________]
[Street Address]
[City], Kansas [Zip Code]
Phone: [________________________________]
Fax: [________________________________]
Email: [________________________________]
Kansas Bar No.: [________________________________]

Date and Recipient

SENT VIA:

☐ Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested — Tracking No. [________________________________]
☐ U.S. First-Class Mail
☐ Email to: [________________________________]
☐ FedEx/UPS Overnight Delivery — Tracking No. [________________________________]
☐ Hand Delivery
☐ Registered Agent Service via Kansas Secretary of State records

Date: [__/__/____]

TO (Respondent):

[Respondent Business Name]
Attn: [Registered Agent / Officer / General Counsel]
[Street Address]
[City], [State] [Zip Code]

Subject Line / Re: Block

Re: Demand to Cease Unlawful Calls/Texts and for Settlement — Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, and the Kansas No-Call Act, K.S.A. § 50-670a

I. Parties

A. Claimant

[________________________________] ("Claimant") is a natural person and Kansas resident residing at [________________________________], [City], Kansas [Zip Code]. Claimant is the regular user and subscriber of the telephone number(s) identified above and is a "consumer" and "called party" protected by the federal TCPA and the Kansas No-Call Act, K.S.A. § 50-670.

B. Respondent

[________________________________] ("Respondent") is a [corporation / LLC / partnership / sole proprietor] organized under the laws of [________________________________], with its principal place of business at [________________________________]. Respondent is a "telephone solicitor" within the meaning of K.S.A. § 50-670(a)(4) and a "supplier" under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, K.S.A. § 50-624(j). Respondent, directly or through agents, vendors, or lead generators, placed or caused to be placed the calls described below.

Respondent:

• ☐ Is registered with the Kansas Secretary of State to transact business in Kansas
• ☐ Made the calls/texts itself
• ☐ Used a third-party dialer, marketing vendor, or lead generator: [________________________________]
• ☐ Is vicariously liable for calls placed on its behalf (actual/apparent authority or ratification)

II. Factual Background

A. The Telephone Number(s)

Claimant's number(s) [________________________________] is/are:

• ☐ Assigned to a cellular telephone service (protected under 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii); a "mobile telephone number" under K.S.A. § 50-670(a)(2))
• ☐ A residential landline (protected under 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(B) and 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(c))
• ☐ Registered on the National Do-Not-Call Registry since [__/__/____] (the Kansas no-call list directs consumers to the National Registry — K.S.A. § 50-670a(a))
• ☐ Never provided to Respondent, and Claimant never gave consent or made an express request to be contacted

B. The Offending Communications

Respondent (or its agent) contacted Claimant on the following occasions without consent. Each row is a separate alleged violation:

Total documented violations: [____]

C. Revocation of Consent / Negative Response

• ☐ Claimant never provided consent to Respondent.
• ☐ Claimant gave a "negative response" (K.S.A. § 50-670(a)(6)) on [__/__/____]; calls continued.
• ☐ Claimant replied "STOP" to a text message on [__/__/____]; messages continued.
• ☐ Claimant's number was on the National DNC / Kansas no-call list; Respondent had no established business relationship (18-month window, K.S.A. § 50-670(a)(7)) and no express written agreement.

D. Indicia of Autodialer / Prerecorded Voice

• ☐ Pause or "dead air" before a live agent connected
• ☐ Artificial or prerecorded voice / "press 1 to be connected" (ADAD — K.S.A. § 50-670(a)(5))
• ☐ Identical scripted message across multiple calls
• ☐ "Spoofed" or rotating caller-ID numbers
• ☐ Ringless voicemail drops
• ☐ Other: [________________________________]

III. Legal Basis

A. Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act — 47 U.S.C. § 227

The TCPA and the FCC's rules at 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200 prohibit, among other things:

• ☐ Autodialed or prerecorded calls/texts to a cell phone without prior express consent — 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii)
• ☐ Prerecorded telemarketing calls to a residential line without prior express written consent — 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(3)
• ☐ Telemarketing calls to a number on the National Do-Not-Call Registry — 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(c)(2)
• ☐ Calls to a number on Respondent's internal do-not-call list / failure to maintain such a list — 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(d)
• ☐ Unsolicited advertisements sent to a fax machine — 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C)

Statutory damages. Section 227(b)(3) permits actual loss or $500 per violation, with a discretionary increase to no more than $1,500 for a willful or knowing violation. Section 227(c)(5) separately requires more than one call within a 12-month period by or on behalf of the same entity and permits actual loss or up to $500 per qualifying violation, with a discretionary increase to no more than three times that amount. The federal statute of limitations is four (4) years. 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a).

B. Kansas No-Call Act / Telephone Solicitation — K.S.A. §§ 50-670, 50-670a

The Kansas No-Call Act prohibits a telephone solicitor from making unsolicited consumer telephone calls to a consumer whose number appears on the no-call list. K.S.A. § 50-670a(c). A telephone solicitor is liable for such violations under K.S.A. § 50-670a(d). K.S.A. § 50-670 sets requirements for telephone solicitations and restricts automatic dialing-announcing devices (ADAD).

Critically, K.S.A. § 50-670a(g) provides: "Any violation of this section is an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act." A Kansas no-call violation therefore triggers the KCPA's private remedies.

C. Kansas Consumer Protection Act — Private Remedies — K.S.A. §§ 50-634, 50-636

Because a no-call violation is an unconscionable act under the KCPA, an aggrieved consumer may bring a private action under K.S.A. § 50-634, which authorizes:

• Declaratory and injunctive relief regardless of damages — K.S.A. § 50-634(a);
• Recovery of damages OR a civil penalty, whichever is greater — K.S.A. § 50-634(b); and
• A civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation under K.S.A. § 50-636(a).

Reasonable attorney's fees are recoverable by a prevailing consumer. K.S.A. § 50-634(e). Notice of a private action under § 50-634(b) or (c) must be given to the Kansas Attorney General. K.S.A. § 50-634(g).

IV. Demand

Within fourteen (14) days of receipt of this letter, Respondent must:

1. ☐ Immediately and permanently cease all calls, texts, and faxes to Claimant and add Claimant's number(s) to Respondent's internal do-not-call list;
2. ☐ Preserve all records relating to the communications (see Litigation Hold below);
3. ☐ Identify every vendor, dialer platform, lead source, and entity involved;
4. ☐ Produce any consent record Respondent contends authorized the contacts;
5. ☐ Pay a settlement sum of $[________________________________] in full resolution of Claimant's TCPA and Kansas No-Call Act / KCPA claims; and
6. ☐ Other: [________________________________].

Settlement Calculation

V. Litigation Hold / Evidence Preservation Notice

Respondent and its officers, agents, employees, vendors, and successors are directed to immediately suspend any document-destruction practice and to preserve all documents and electronically stored information ("ESI") relating to the communications, including but not limited to:

• ☐ Call-detail records, dialer logs, and campaign records for Claimant's number(s)
• ☐ Outbound calling lists, "scrub" records, and no-call suppression files (state and national)
• ☐ Records of consent, opt-in, lead-purchase, and the source of Claimant's number
• ☐ Internal do-not-call list and negative-response/opt-out records
• ☐ Prerecorded message audio, text-message content, and fax images
• ☐ Contracts with dialer platforms, lead generators, and marketing vendors
• ☐ Records relating to the "affirmative defense" elements under K.S.A. § 50-670a(e)
• ☐ Caller-ID configuration and number-rotation records
• ☐ ESI metadata, audit logs, server backups, and cloud-storage data

Spoliation may result in adverse-inference instructions, monetary sanctions, and independent liability.

VI. Response Deadline and Consequences

Respondent must provide a written response within fourteen (14) days of receipt, directed to undersigned counsel at the address above.

If Respondent fails to respond or to resolve this matter, Claimant will, without further notice:

1. File suit under the TCPA, 47 U.S.C. § 227, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, seeking actual loss or $500 per violation (whichever is greater), with a discretionary increase up to 3× for willful or knowing violations and injunctive relief;
2. Assert claims under the Kansas No-Call Act (K.S.A. §§ 50-670, 50-670a) and KCPA (K.S.A. §§ 50-634, 50-636) in the District Court of [________________________________] County, Kansas, seeking the greater of actual damages or a civil penalty up to $10,000 per violation, plus attorney's fees, and provide AG notice under K.S.A. § 50-634(g);
3. File complaints with the FCC, the FTC (DoNotCall.gov / ReportFraud.ftc.gov), and the Kansas Attorney General Consumer Protection Division; and
4. Pursue all other available remedies.

All rights, claims, defenses, and remedies are expressly reserved.

Signature Block

This demand is made in good faith and without prejudice to any rights, claims, or remedies available under Kansas or federal law.

Respectfully,

_______________________________________________
[Attorney Name]
[Law Firm Name]
[Street Address]
[City], Kansas [Zip Code]
Phone: [________________________________]
Email: [________________________________]
Kansas Bar No.: [________________________________]

Attorney for [________________________________]

Enclosures:

• ☐ Call log / screenshots of texts / fax images
• ☐ Phone records evidencing the calls
• ☐ DNC / Kansas no-call registration confirmation
• ☐ Prior negative-response / opt-out correspondence
• ☐ Other: [________________________________]

cc:

• ☐ Client file
• ☐ [________________________________]

Pre-Send Checklist

• ☐ Confirm number type (cell vs. residential) and DNC/no-call registration date
• ☐ Confirm no consent, express request, or established business relationship (18-month window, K.S.A. § 50-670(a)(7))
• ☐ Document each call/text/fax with date, time, and caller ID (each is a separate violation)
• ☐ Confirm 4-year federal SOL (28 U.S.C. § 1658(a)) has not run
• ☐ Confirm KCPA hook: no-call violation = unconscionable act (K.S.A. § 50-670a(g))
• ☐ Evaluate K.S.A. § 50-670a(e) affirmative-defense exposure (clear and convincing; once per 12 months)
• ☐ Identify vendor/lead-source for vicarious-liability theory
• ☐ Calendar AG notice under K.S.A. § 50-634(g) if suit is filed
• ☐ Send certified mail, return receipt requested; retain green card and tracking
• ☐ Calendar 14-day response deadline
• ☐ Document litigation-hold delivery

Sources and References

• 47 U.S.C. § 227 — Telephone Consumer Protection Act: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/227
• 47 C.F.R. § 64.1200 — FCC TCPA implementing rules: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-64/subpart-L/section-64.1200
• 28 U.S.C. § 1658 — 4-year federal statute of limitations: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1658
• K.S.A. § 50-670 — Telephone solicitation; requirements; remedies: https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch50/050_006_0070.html
• K.S.A. § 50-670a — No-call list; prohibitions; remedies; unconscionable act (subsec. (g)): https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch50/050_006_0070a.html
• K.S.A. § 50-634 — KCPA private remedies: https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch50/050_006_0034.html
• K.S.A. § 50-636 — Civil penalties (up to $10,000 per violation): https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch50/050_006_0036.html
• FCC Consumer Complaint Center: https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/
• National Do Not Call Registry: https://www.donotcall.gov/
• Kansas Attorney General — Consumer Protection: https://www.ag.ks.gov/complaint-center
• FTC Report Fraud: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/