AI receptionists for Oregon businesses
Yes. We build and manage AI receptionists for Oregon businesses, managed for you end to end from our studio in Kalispell, Montana. Oregon is a mixed state: phone calls are one-party, and an in-person conversation needs every participant told under ORS 165.540(1)(a), (1)(c), so a business on the call may record it without telling the caller. Oregon's 2026 AI chatbot law (S.B. 1546 (2026), Or. Laws ch. 85) excludes customer service, so no Oregon statute requires an AI receptionist to announce itself. Your agent answers in Pacific and Mountain time, on the number you already have or a new local Oregon number.
Researched and written by Modern Mustard Seed in Kalispell, Montana. Rules checked October 26, 2026, each linked to the text we read.
Oregon at a glance
- Area codes
- 4
- 458 · 503 · 541 · 971
Recording a call in Oregon
Oregon is a mixed state: phone calls are one-party, and an in-person conversation needs every participant told. Telecommunications are one-party under (1)(a). In-person conversations require that every participant be specifically informed under (1)(c).
“Obtain or attempt to obtain the whole or any part of a conversation by means of any device ... if not all participants in the conversation are specifically informed that their conversation is being obtained.”
For your agent: Phone calls the business takes part in may be recorded. Any in-person recording must be announced to everyone present.
Does it have to say it is AI in Oregon?
Oregon's 2026 AI chatbot law (S.B. 1546 (2026), Or. Laws ch. 85) excludes customer service, so no Oregon statute requires an AI receptionist to announce itself.
Does not reach an AI receptionist · Takes effect January 1, 2027
Oregon AI companion law
Requires an AI companion to tell users they are talking to software, but excludes software that operates solely for customer service or business operations.
“Software that operates solely for the purpose of customer service or support, assisting or supporting patient or resident care services in a facility, education, financial services or education, business operations”
The Oregon greeting we recommend
“Thanks for calling [your business]. You have reached our AI receptionist, and this call is recorded. How can I help?”
- Oregon requires neither line. Both stay in: a caller dialing from California or Washington brings an all-party rule onto the call.
4 area codes, 2 time zones
Oregon has 4 area codes in service. The oldest, 503, dates to 1947; the newest, 458, entered service on February 10, 2010. Overlays put more than one code on the same ground: 458/541, 503/971.
- 4582010
- 5031947
- 5411995
- 9712000
Pacific time, except most of Malheur County on the Idaho line, which keeps Mountain time. (49 CFR 71.9(a)) Your agent's hours and callbacks follow the side of the line each caller is on.
Callbacks and reminders in Oregon
Oregon telephone solicitation hours
Telephone solicitations by live call or text. Excludes business-to-business calls, charities calling members or donors, polling, and replies. An established business relationship (a transaction within 18 months) lifts both the hours rule and the cap.
“The person initiates a telephone solicitation outside the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. or initiates a solicitation more than three separate times to a party within a 24-hour period, unless the person has an established business relationship”
ORS 646.563(1)(b), as amended by Or. Laws 2025, ch. 580 (HB 3865), s.2
Oregon automatic dialing and announcing device hours
Automatic dialing and announcing devices delivering a prerecorded or synthesized voice or text message to a residential or wireless subscriber, for any purpose. Excludes established business relationships, debt collectors, schools and public safety.
“A caller that uses an automatic dialing and announcing device may use the device to call a subscriber only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and may not call the subscriber more than three times in 24 hours.”
- Oregon ADAD opt-out: A way to opt out with a single keypress, described in the prerecorded or synthesized message; no misrepresenting identity or purpose. Usable within the first 10 seconds of the call. (ORS 646A.372(1)(a)(B); 646A.374(2), as amended by Or. Laws 2025, ch. 580)
Who licenses contractors in Oregon
The CCB licenses anyone paid to do construction work on real property, residential or commercial; electrical and plumbing licenses come from the Building Codes Division. Check a license: Contractor License Search.
“Oregon law requires anyone who works for compensation in any construction activity involving improvements to real property to be licensed with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board (CCB).”
- Oregon Building Codes Division: electrical, plumbing, boiler, elevator and manufactured dwelling
- Oregon Landscape Contractors Board: landscape contractors
16,036 construction businesses
16,036 of Oregon’s 122,451 business establishments, 13.1 percent, are in construction (Census County Business Patterns 2023).
Oregon questions
Is it legal to use an AI receptionist in Oregon?
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Yes. Oregon is a mixed state: phone calls are one-party, and an in-person conversation needs every participant told under ORS 165.540(1)(a), (1)(c), so a business on the call may record it without telling the caller. Oregon's 2026 AI chatbot law (S.B. 1546 (2026), Or. Laws ch. 85) excludes customer service, so no Oregon statute requires an AI receptionist to announce itself.
Does an AI receptionist have to say it is AI in Oregon?
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Oregon's 2026 AI chatbot law (S.B. 1546 (2026), Or. Laws ch. 85) excludes customer service, so no Oregon statute requires an AI receptionist to announce itself. Every agent we ship says it is an AI when asked.
Which area codes and time zone does an AI receptionist use in Oregon?
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Oregon has 4 area codes in service. The oldest, 503, dates to 1947; the newest, 458, entered service on February 10, 2010. Overlays put more than one code on the same ground: 458/541, 503/971. Pacific time, except most of Malheur County on the Idaho line, which keeps Mountain time.
Who licenses contractors in Oregon?
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Oregon Construction Contractors Board (CCB); licenses can be checked at https://search.ccb.state.or.us/search/. The CCB licenses anyone paid to do construction work on real property, residential or commercial; electrical and plumbing licenses come from the Building Codes Division.