AI receptionists for Illinois businesses
Yes. We build and manage AI receptionists for Illinois businesses, managed for you end to end from our studio in Kalispell, Montana. Illinois is an all-party consent state under 720 ILCS 5/14-2(a)(2); 14-1(d), (g); 14-3(j), so an AI receptionist that records calls has to say so at the start, inside the recording. No Illinois statute we track requires a business's AI receptionist to announce that it is AI. Your agent answers in Central time, on the number you already have or a new local Illinois number.
Researched and written by Modern Mustard Seed in Kalispell, Montana. Rules checked October 26, 2026, each linked to the text we read.
Illinois at a glance
- Area codes
- 17
- 217 · 224 · 309 · 312 · 331 · 447 · 464 · 618 · 630 · 708 · 730 · 773 · 779 · 815 · 847 · 861 · 872
Recording a call in Illinois
Illinois is an all-party consent state. Recording a private conversation surreptitiously needs every party's consent, even for a party. A disclosed recording is not surreptitious (14-1(g)). Current text from P.A. 98-1142, effective 2014-12-30. 14-3(j) has a narrow exemption for marketing and telephone solicitation with notice and use limits.
“Uses an eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious manner, for the purpose of transmitting or recording all or any part of any private conversation to which he or she is a party unless he or she does so with the consent of all other parties”
- People v. Melongo, 2014 IL 114852, and People v. Clark, 2014 IL 115776, struck the earlier statute (cited, not read).
For your agent: Announce the recording at the start of every call, inside the recording, before anything substantive is said.
Does it have to say it is AI in Illinois?
No Illinois statute we track requires a business's AI receptionist to announce that it is AI.
The Illinois greeting we recommend
“Thanks for calling [your business]. You have reached our AI receptionist, and this call is recorded. How can I help?”
- Recording notice first: Illinois is an all-party consent state, and a notice captured at the start of the recording is how a business meets it.
- AI disclosure second, which no Illinois statute requires of a business phone agent.
17 area codes, Central time
Illinois has 17 area codes in service. The oldest, 217, 312, 618 and 815, date to 1947; the newest, 730, entered service on July 7, 2023. Overlays put more than one code on the same ground: 217/447, 224/847, 309/861, 312/773/872, 331/630, 464/708, 618/730, 779/815.
- 2171947
- 2242002
- 3091957
- 3121947
- 3312007
- 4472021
- 4642022
- 6181947
- 6301996
- 7081989
- 7302023
- 7731996
- 7792007
- 8151947
- 8471996
- 8612023
- 8722009
All of the state keeps Central time. (49 CFR 71.6)
Callbacks and reminders in Illinois
Illinois Automatic Telephone Dialers Act hours
Autodialers playing a recorded message, operated in Illinois. Live calls fall under 815 ILCS 413/15, which matches the federal window.
“No person shall operate an autodialer in this State to place a telephone call during the hours between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m.”
Who licenses contractors in Illinois
The department licenses roofing contractors under 225 ILCS 335. Check a license: License Lookup.
27,911 construction businesses
27,911 of Illinois’s 322,415 business establishments, 8.7 percent, are in construction (Census County Business Patterns 2023).
Illinois questions
Is it legal to use an AI receptionist in Illinois?
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Yes. Illinois is an all-party consent state under 720 ILCS 5/14-2(a)(2); 14-1(d), (g); 14-3(j), so an AI receptionist that records calls has to say so at the start, inside the recording. No Illinois statute we track requires a business's AI receptionist to announce that it is AI.
Does an AI receptionist have to say it is AI in Illinois?
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No Illinois statute we track requires a business's AI receptionist to announce that it is AI. Every agent we ship says it is an AI when asked.
Which area codes and time zone does an AI receptionist use in Illinois?
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Illinois has 17 area codes in service. The oldest, 217, 312, 618 and 815, date to 1947; the newest, 730, entered service on July 7, 2023. Overlays put more than one code on the same ground: 217/447, 224/847, 309/861, 312/773/872, 331/630, 464/708, 618/730, 779/815. All of the state keeps Central time.
Who licenses contractors in Illinois?
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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; licenses can be checked at https://online-dfpr.micropact.com/lookup/licenselookup.aspx. The department licenses roofing contractors under 225 ILCS 335.