{"meta":{"dataset":"rules","title":"Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC)","version":"1.4.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23750572","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23645750","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC) (Version 1.4.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. This is a plain-English summary of public sources, kept for marketing planning, and rules change. Check with your state bar and your own counsel before you run an ad.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/rules/topics/waitingPeriod.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/resources/lawyer-advertising-rules-by-state/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"topic":{"key":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","short":"Waiting period"},"cells":[{"state":"AL","stateName":"Alabama","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"21 days after the accident, event or disaster for solicitation about a personal-injury or wrongful-death matter (7.3(b)(1)). In a pending civil or administrative proceeding, not until service of process is obtained and filed (7.3(b)(2)). In a pending criminal proceeding, not until seven days after the person was served with a warrant or information (7.3(b)(3)). Live, in-person and real-time solicitation of someone who has not asked is banned, and the comment says texts initiated by or for the lawyer count as real-time (7.3(a)).","sources":[{"label":"Supreme Court of Alabama, Order of May 13, 2025, Appendix text of Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(1) (effective January 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.alabar.org/assets/2025/05/Order-on-Alabama-Rules-of-Professional-Conduct-and-Rules-of-Disciplinary-Procedure.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the accident, event, or disaster giving rise to the cause of action occurred more than twenty-one (21) days prior to the communication"},{"label":"Supreme Court of Alabama, Order of May 13, 2025, Appendix text of Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(3) (effective January 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.alabar.org/assets/2025/05/Order-on-Alabama-Rules-of-Professional-Conduct-and-Rules-of-Disciplinary-Procedure.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the prospective client was served with a warrant or information more than seven (7) days prior to the communication"},{"label":"Supreme Court of Alabama, Order of May 13, 2025, Appendix text of Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(2) (effective January 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.alabar.org/assets/2025/05/Order-on-Alabama-Rules-of-Professional-Conduct-and-Rules-of-Disciplinary-Procedure.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless service of process was obtained on the person involved in the proceeding or other prospective client and filed with the appropriate court"},{"label":"Supreme Court of Alabama, Order of May 13, 2025, Appendix text of Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(a) (effective January 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.alabar.org/assets/2025/05/Order-on-Alabama-Rules-of-Professional-Conduct-and-Rules-of-Disciplinary-Procedure.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer must not solicit professional employment through live, in-person, or real-time communication"},{"label":"Supreme Court of Alabama, Order of May 13, 2025, Appendix text of Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3 comment (effective January 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.alabar.org/assets/2025/05/Order-on-Alabama-Rules-of-Professional-Conduct-and-Rules-of-Disciplinary-Procedure.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"text communications initiated by or for the lawyer are real-time … solicitations and are prohibited under Rule 7.3(a)"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/alabama/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Alabama, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/alabama/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"AK","stateName":"Alaska","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period before contacting someone after an accident or injury. Rule 7.3 bans live in-person, phone or real-time contact for pay unless there is a prior or family relationship (7.3(a)), and any contact after a refusal or involving coercion (7.3(b)).","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1-7.5. No search of the Alaska Statutes (akleg.gov) for a separate accident-solicitation waiting period was run beyond this review; none is known.","sources":[{"label":"Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct (Alaska Court System)","url":"https://courts.alaska.gov/rules/docs/prof.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not by in-person, live telephone, or real-time electronic contact solicit professional … significant motive for the lawyer's doing so is the lawyer's pecuniary gain"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/alaska/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Alaska, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/alaska/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"AZ","stateName":"Arizona","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. ER 7.3 bans live person-to-person solicitation for pay, with exceptions, and does not bar mail or email. A statute makes unlawful solicitation of a tort victim at the scene of an accident a class 1 misdemeanor (A.R.S. 13-2924).","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in ER 7.3.","sources":[{"label":"Arizona Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule 42, ER 7.3 (Arizona Court Rules, official rules host, eff. Jan. 1, 2021)","url":"https://govt.westlaw.com/azrules/Document/NBDB66D90FE1111EABED8E3DA0BD74D8A?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive"},{"label":"State Bar of Arizona, Ethics Best Practices: ER 7.1 and ER 7.3 (FAQ)","url":"https://www.azbar.org/for-legal-professionals/ethics/best-practices/er-7-1-communications-concerning-a-lawyer-s-services-and-er-7-3-solicitation-of-new-clients/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"ER 7.3 prohibits live person-to-person contact, but not mailers or emails, unless the person you sent them to has told you to stop."},{"label":"Arizona Revised Statutes 13-2924 (Arizona Legislature)","url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/02924.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"knowingly does any of the following at the scene of any accident"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/arizona/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Arizona, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/arizona/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"AR","stateName":"Arkansas","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"D","statusLabel":"ABA model default","text":"Marked D: we haven’t read Arkansas’s own text on waiting periods at an official source, so our national default applies until we do: no targeted contact with injured people at all.","reason":"Arkansas’s rules of professional conduct are published on opinions.arcourts.gov, which serves the text only after a human-verification (CAPTCHA) check. Our checker does not get past such checks, so the state’s own text could not be re-read on 2026-10-28.","sources":[{"label":"ABA Model Rule 7.3(b)","url":"https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_7_3_direct_contact_with_prospective_clients/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive for the lawyer’s doing so is the lawyer’s or law firm’s pecuniary gain"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/arkansas/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Arkansas, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (ABA model default; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/arkansas/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"default applies, no specific source found (D)"},{"state":"CA","stateName":"California","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules and the State Bar Act set no waiting period. In-person, live-telephone and real-time electronic solicitation is barred where pecuniary gain is a significant motive, unless the person is a lawyer or has a family, close personal or prior professional relationship (Rule 7.3(a)). Written, recorded or electronic solicitation carries \"advertisement\" on the envelope and at the start and end of a recording (7.3(c)). A lawyer may not solicit a respondent in a domestic-violence restraining order case until the respondent is served and proof of service is on the court docket (7.3(f)). Runners and cappers are barred (B&P 6152(a)).","note":"Finding of no waiting period is the absence of one in Rules 7.1-7.5 and B&P 6152-6159.2 as read; B&P 6150-6151 and 6154 were not read in full.","sources":[{"label":"California Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(a) (State Bar of California; rules approved by the California Supreme Court)","url":"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/legal-professionals/rules/rules-professional-conduct/current-rules-professional-conduct/chapter-7-information-about-legal-services","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not by in-person, live telephone or real-time electronic contact solicit professional employment when a significant motive for doing so is the lawyer's pecuniary gain"},{"label":"California Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(c) (State Bar of California; rules approved by the California Supreme Court)","url":"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/legal-professionals/rules/rules-professional-conduct/current-rules-professional-conduct/chapter-7-information-about-legal-services","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall include the word \"Advertisement\" or words of similar import on the outside envelope, if any, and at the beginning and ending of any recorded or electronic communication"},{"label":"California Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(f) (State Bar of California; rules approved by the California Supreme Court)","url":"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/legal-professionals/rules/rules-professional-conduct/current-rules-professional-conduct/chapter-7-information-about-legal-services","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"a lawyer shall not solicit professional employment from a respondent in a domestic violence restraining order proceeding in connection with such proceeding, until after the respondent has been served"},{"label":"California Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3 cmt [1] (State Bar of California; rules approved by the California Supreme Court)","url":"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/legal-professionals/rules/rules-professional-conduct/current-rules-professional-conduct/chapter-7-information-about-legal-services","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer's communication does not constitute a solicitation if it is directed to the general public, such as through a billboard, an Internet banner advertisement, a website or a television commercial"},{"label":"Business and Professions Code 6152(a)(1), State Bar Act (2026), as published by the State Bar of California","url":"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/rules/State_Bar_Act.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"It is unlawful for: (1) Any person, in an individual capacity or in a capacity as a public or private employee, or for any firm, corporation, partnership or association to act as a runner or capper for any attorneys"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/california/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: California, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/california/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"CO","stateName":"Colorado","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"Targeted solicitation about personal injury or wrongful death is barred for 30 days after the incident, unless the lawyer has a family or prior business or professional relationship with the person (Rule 7.3(d); C.R.S. 13-93-111). The statute does not reach radio, television, newspaper or yellow-pages advertising.","sources":[{"label":"Colorado Supreme Court, Rule Change 2020(29), Colo. RPC 7.3(d) (Colorado Judicial Branch PDF; adopted Sept. 10, 2020)","url":"https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Rule_Change_2020-29.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"This Rule 7.3(d) shall not apply if the lawyer has a family or prior business or professional relationship with the person or if the communication is issued more than 30 days after the occurrence of the event"},{"label":"Colorado Supreme Court, Rule Change 2020(29), Colo. RPC 7.3(d) (Colorado Judicial Branch PDF; adopted Sept. 10, 2020)","url":"https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Rule_Change_2020-29.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not engage in solicitation by any media for professional employment, concerning personal injury or wrongful death of any person"},{"label":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2023, C.R.S. 13-93-111 (Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services, leg.colorado.gov)","url":"https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-13.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the incident for which employment is sought occurred more than thirty days prior to the solicitation"},{"label":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2023, C.R.S. 13-93-111(3)","url":"https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-13.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"\"Solicitation\" shall not include radio, television, newspaper, or yellow pages advertisements"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/colorado/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Colorado, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/colorado/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"CT","stateName":"Connecticut","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"40 days. A lawyer may not solicit about a personal injury or wrongful death action, or an accident or disaster involving the person or a relative, unless it happened more than forty days before the solicitation is mailed (7.3(c)(4)). Live person-to-person solicitation is separately banned (7.3(b)).","sources":[{"label":"Connecticut Practice Book (2026 ed.), Rule 7.3(c)(4) (Connecticut Judicial Branch)","url":"https://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/PracticeBook/PB.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the accident or disaster occurred more than forty days prior to the mailing"},{"label":"Connecticut Practice Book (2026 ed.), Rule 7.3(c)(4) (Connecticut Judicial Branch)","url":"https://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/PracticeBook/PB.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"The solicitation concerns an action for personal injury or wrongful death or otherwise relates to an accident or disaster"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/connecticut/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Connecticut, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/connecticut/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"DE","stateName":"Delaware","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period before contacting accident victims. Rule 7.3 bars live contact for pay and targeted contact the person has refused or that involves coercion, duress or harassment (7.3(a), (b)).","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1-7.6. Delaware statutes were not searched for a separate barratry waiting period.","sources":[{"label":"Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (Delaware Supreme Court, hosted by Delaware Courts)","url":"https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=160568","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not solicit professional employment by written, recorded or electronic communication … even when not otherwise prohibited by paragraph (a)"},{"label":"Delaware Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(2) (Delaware Supreme Court, hosted by Delaware Courts)","url":"https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=160568","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation involves coercion, duress or harassment"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/delaware/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Delaware, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/delaware/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"DC","stateName":"District of Columbia","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. Rule 7.1(b) bars in-person contact (which includes phone calls but not email) with a person who is not able to exercise reasonable judgment about choosing a lawyer. Comment [5] gives solicitation of an accident victim shortly after the accident as an example.","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1 and 7.5. No search of the D.C. Code for a separate solicitation statute was run.","sources":[{"label":"D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.1 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals rules, published by the D.C. Bar)","url":"https://www.dcbar.org/For-Lawyers/Legal-Ethics/Rules-of-Professional-Conduct/Information-About-Legal-Services/Communications-Concerning-a-Lawyer%E2%80%99s-Services","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"The potential client is apparently in a physical or mental condition which would make it unlikely that the potential client could exercise reasonable, considered judgment"},{"label":"D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.1 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals rules, published by the D.C. Bar)","url":"https://www.dcbar.org/For-Lawyers/Legal-Ethics/Rules-of-Professional-Conduct/Information-About-Legal-Services/Communications-Concerning-a-Lawyer%E2%80%99s-Services","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"solicitation of an accident victim or the victim's family shortly after the accident or while the victim is still in medical distress"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/district-of-columbia/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: District of Columbia, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/district-of-columbia/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"FL","stateName":"Florida","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"A written communication for the purpose of obtaining employment that concerns an action for personal injury or wrongful death, or relates to an accident or disaster involving the addressee or a relative, is barred unless the accident or disaster was more than 30 days before mailing (Rule 4-7.18(b)(1)(a)). In-person, phone and real-time video solicitation of people with no family or prior professional relationship is barred when pecuniary gain is a significant motive (4-7.18(a)). Separately, Fla. Stat. 817.234(8)(b) bars soliciting a person in a motor vehicle accident by any means other than advertising directed to the public within 60 days after the accident.","sources":[{"label":"Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, Rule 4-7.18(b)(1)(a) (Florida Supreme Court rules, Chapter 4, RRTFB Oct. 22, 2026, floridabar.org)","url":"https://www-media.floridabar.org/uploads/2026/10/2027_04-OCT-Chapter-4-RRTFB-1.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the accident or disaster occurred more than 30 days prior to the mailing of the communication"},{"label":"Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, Rule 4-7.18(a)(1) (Florida Supreme Court rules, Chapter 4, RRTFB Oct. 22, 2026, floridabar.org)","url":"https://www-media.floridabar.org/uploads/2026/10/2027_04-OCT-Chapter-4-RRTFB-1.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"solicit in person, or permit employees or agents of the lawyer to solicit in person on the lawyer's behalf, professional employment from a prospective client with whom the lawyer has no family or prior professional relationship"},{"label":"Florida Statutes 817.234(8)(b) (Online Sunshine, Florida Legislature)","url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0800-0899/0817/Sections/0817.234.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"within 60 days after the occurrence of the motor vehicle accident"},{"label":"Florida Statutes 817.234(8)(b) (Online Sunshine, Florida Legislature)","url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0800-0899/0817/Sections/0817.234.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"by any means of communication other than advertising directed to the public"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/florida/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Florida, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/florida/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"GA","stateName":"Georgia","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"A written solicitation about a personal injury or wrongful death action, or about an accident or disaster involving the person or a relative, is barred unless the accident or disaster was more than 30 days before the communication (7.3(c)(3)). Live person-to-person contact for pay is banned with exceptions (7.3(b)); text messages are not live contact (7.3 cmt. [2]).","sources":[{"label":"Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(c)(3) (Supreme Court of Georgia order S24U0172, Nov. 18, 2025, eff. Mar. 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/S24U0172.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the accident or disaster occurred more than 30 days prior to the communication"},{"label":"Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3 cmt. [2] (Supreme Court of Georgia order S24U0172, Nov. 18, 2025, eff. Mar. 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/S24U0172.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"does not include chat rooms, text messages or other written communications that recipients may easily disregard"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/georgia/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Georgia, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/georgia/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"HI","stateName":"Hawaii","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"A lawyer may not solicit a prospective client about a personal injury or wrongful death involving that person or a relative unless it happened more than 30 days before the communication is sent (7.3(e)(1)).","sources":[{"label":"Hawai'i Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(e)(1) (Hawai'i State Judiciary)","url":"https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/hrpcond_ada.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the communication concerns an action for personal injury or wrongful death involving the person to whom the communication is addressed or a relative of that person, unless the personal injury or wrongful death occurred more than 30 days prior to the sending of the communication"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/hawaii/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Hawaii, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/hawaii/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"ID","stateName":"Idaho","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. Rule 7.3 bars in-person, live telephone and real-time electronic solicitation when a significant motive is the lawyer's gain (with exceptions), and any solicitation after a refusal or involving coercion, duress or harassment.","note":"The finding is the absence of a waiting period in Rules 7.1 to 7.5 and their comments. A search restricted to legislature.idaho.gov, isb.idaho.gov and isc.idaho.gov for an Idaho Code solicitation statute with a waiting period returned none.","sources":[{"label":"Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(a) (Idaho State Bar, accessible PDF)","url":"https://isb.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/IRPC-acc.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not by in-person, live telephone or real-time electronic contact, solicit professional employment when a significant motive for the lawyer's doing so is the lawyer's pecuniary gain"},{"label":"Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (Idaho State Bar, accessible PDF)","url":"https://isb.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/IRPC-acc.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation involves coercion, duress or harassment"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/idaho/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Idaho, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/idaho/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"IL","stateName":"Illinois","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period after an accident or injury. In-person, live telephone and real-time electronic solicitation for pay is banned with exceptions (7.3(a)). Soliciting a respondent in a case under an ex parte protective-order law is barred until the respondent has been served (7.3(b)(3)).","note":"The finding is the absence of a day-count clause in Rule 7.3; no Illinois statute on solicitation timing was searched.","sources":[{"label":"Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct of 2010, Rule 7.3(a) (Illinois Supreme Court Rules, signed full PDF, current Oct. 21, 2026)","url":"https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/7ae8a196-2a43-4484-9666-43098da60282/S_Ct_Rules_full.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not by in-person, live telephone or real-time electronic contact solicit professional employment when a significant motive"},{"label":"Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct of 2010, Rule 7.3(b)(3) (Illinois Supreme Court Rules, signed full PDF, current Oct. 21, 2026)","url":"https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/7ae8a196-2a43-4484-9666-43098da60282/S_Ct_Rules_full.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation seeks representation of the respondent in a case brought under any law providing for an ex parte protective order"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/illinois/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Illinois, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/illinois/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"IN","stateName":"Indiana","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"30 days: a lawyer may not solicit about a personal injury, wrongful death or other accident or disaster involving the person or a relative until more than 30 days after it, by in-person, written, recorded, audio, video or electronic means (7.3(b)(3)).","sources":[{"label":"Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3 (Indiana Supreme Court rules site)","url":"https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/prof-conduct/rule7-3/current.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the accident or disaster occurred more than 30 days prior to the initiation of the solicitation"},{"label":"Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3 (Indiana Supreme Court rules site)","url":"https://rules.incourts.gov/Content/prof-conduct/rule7-3/current.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not solicit professional employment from a prospective client by in-person or by written, recorded, audio, video, or electronic communication, including the Internet"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/indiana/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Indiana, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/indiana/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"IA","stateName":"Iowa","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. Rule 32:7.3 bars live person-to-person solicitation when a significant motive is the lawyer's gain, with exceptions, and bars solicitation after a refusal or involving coercion, duress or harassment. Written and electronic contact is not covered by the live-contact ban.","note":"The finding is the absence of a waiting period in Rules 32:7.1 to 32:7.3 and their comments. A search restricted to legis.iowa.gov, iowacourts.gov and iowabar.org for an Iowa Code solicitation statute with a waiting period returned nothing.","sources":[{"label":"Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 32:7.3(b) (Iowa Court Rules ch. 32, hosted by the Iowa Legislature)","url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ACO/CourtRulesChapter/32.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive for the lawyer's doing so is the lawyer's or law firm's pecuniary gain"},{"label":"Iowa Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 32:7.3 comment [2] (Iowa Court Rules ch. 32, hosted by the Iowa Legislature)","url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/ACO/CourtRulesChapter/32.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"Such person-to-person contact does not include chats, text messages, email, personal messages within social media platforms, or other written communications that recipients may easily disregard"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/iowa/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Iowa, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/iowa/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"KS","stateName":"Kansas","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. KRPC 7.3 bars in-person, live telephone and real-time electronic solicitation when a significant motive is the lawyer's gain (with exceptions), and any solicitation after a refusal or involving coercion, duress or harassment.","note":"The finding is the absence of a waiting period in KRPC 7.1 to 7.4 and their comments. A search restricted to ksrevisor.gov, kscourts.gov and ksbar.org for a Kansas statute with a solicitation waiting period returned none.","sources":[{"label":"Kansas Supreme Court Rule 240, KRPC 7.3(a) (Kansas Supreme Court, kscourts.gov)","url":"https://www.kscourts.gov/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Rules/RULE-7-3.pdf?ext=.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not by in-person, live telephone, or real-time electronic contact solicit professional employment when a significant motive for the lawyer's doing so is the lawyer's pecuniary gain"},{"label":"Kansas Supreme Court Rule 240, KRPC 7.3(b) (Kansas Supreme Court, kscourts.gov)","url":"https://www.kscourts.gov/KSCourts/media/KsCourts/Rules/RULE-7-3.pdf?ext=.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation involves coercion, duress, or harassment"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/kansas/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Kansas, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/kansas/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"KY","stateName":"Kentucky","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"30 days after a disaster: no communication may be sent to people involved in a disaster, or related targets of solicitation, until 30 days have passed since it happened (4.5(4)). The rule defines a disaster as an emergency that draws persons to solicit clients, such as an air crash, major fire, flood or major rail or traffic accident (7.60(3)). The rules set no waiting period for ordinary accidents.","note":"Absence for non-disaster accidents is the absence of a clause in SCR 3.130(4.5) and Rule 7.","sources":[{"label":"Kentucky Rules of the Supreme Court, SCR 3.130(4.5) (Kentucky Court of Justice rules publication, govt.westlaw.com/kyrules)","url":"https://govt.westlaw.com/kyrules/Document/ND2E475B09F3C11E59891923A4484C9F7?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"no communication shall be sent to those individuals … until 30 days have elapsed from the occurrence of the disaster"},{"label":"Kentucky Rules of the Supreme Court, SCR 3.130(7.60) (Kentucky Court of Justice rules publication, govt.westlaw.com/kyrules)","url":"https://govt.westlaw.com/kyrules/Document/N4C8D3800A91D11DA8F5EE32367A250AE?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the type of emergency or disaster that draws persons to solicit clients"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/kentucky/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Kentucky, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/kentucky/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"LA","stateName":"Louisiana","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"30 days. An unsolicited written communication about a personal injury, wrongful death, accident or disaster may not be sent unless the event was more than thirty days before the mailing (7.4(b)(1)(a)). Email is held to the same limit (7.6(c)(1)). In-person and live phone solicitation is banned outright (7.4(a)).","sources":[{"label":"Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct (amendments through May 10, 2023), published by the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, Rule 7.4(b)(1)(a)","url":"https://www.ladb.org/docs/Publication/ROPC/ROPC.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the accident or disaster occurred more than thirty days prior to the mailing of the communication"},{"label":"Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct (amendments through May 10, 2023), published by the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, Rule 7.6(c)(1)","url":"https://www.ladb.org/docs/Publication/ROPC/ROPC.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the requirements of subdivisions (b)(1)"},{"label":"Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct (amendments through May 10, 2023), published by the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, Rule 7.4(a)","url":"https://www.ladb.org/docs/Publication/ROPC/ROPC.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not solicit professional employment from a prospective client with whom the lawyer has no family or prior lawyer-client relationship, in person"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/louisiana/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Louisiana, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/louisiana/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"ME","stateName":"Maine","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The advertising rules (7.1 to 7.6) set no waiting period before contacting someone after an accident. Rule 7.3 bars solicitation only where it involves harassment, coercion, duress or similar conduct, or after the person has said no (7.3(a), (b)).","note":"Finding rests on the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1-7.6. State statutes (barratry or solicitation) were not searched.","sources":[{"label":"Maine Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(a) (Maine Judicial Branch)","url":"https://www.courts.maine.gov/rules/text/mr_prof_conduct_only_2023-09-28.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"involves or has substantial potential of harassing conduct, coercion, duress, compulsion, intimidation or unwarranted promises of benefits"},{"label":"Maine Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (Maine Judicial Branch)","url":"https://www.courts.maine.gov/rules/text/mr_prof_conduct_only_2023-09-28.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"if the prospective client has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/maine/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Maine, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/maine/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"MD","stateName":"Maryland","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"A lawyer may not send a covered communication (recording, online, fax, letter, telegraph, telephone or video) about a personal injury, wrongful death, accident or disaster unless the event was more than 30 days before sending (Bus. Occ. & Prof. 10-605.1(b)). The 30 days do not apply to a communication the prospective client asked for (10-605.1(c)).","note":"The statute sets no waiting period for the criminal and jailable-traffic communications covered by 10-605.2.","sources":[{"label":"Md. Code, Business Occupations and Professions 10-605.1(b) (Maryland General Assembly)","url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gbo&section=10-605.1&enactments=false","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the accident or disaster occurred more than 30 days before the date the communication is sent"},{"label":"Md. Code, Business Occupations and Professions 10-605.1(c) (Maryland General Assembly)","url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gbo&section=10-605.1&enactments=false","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"This section does not apply to a communication sent by a lawyer to a prospective client at the request of the prospective client"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/maryland/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Maryland, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/maryland/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"MA","stateName":"Massachusetts","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no fixed waiting period after an accident. Rule 7.3(c)(3) bars solicitation of a person whose physical, mental or emotional state means the person cannot exercise reasonable judgment in hiring a lawyer, for a fee. A comment says a person in active medical treatment for traumatic injury is unlikely to be in that state (7.3 cmt. [6]). Rule 7.3(b) bars live person-to-person solicitation for pecuniary gain, with exceptions.","note":"Finding rests on the absence of a fixed-period clause in Rules 7.1-7.3. State statutes (barratry or solicitation) were not searched.","sources":[{"label":"Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(c)(3) (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, mass.gov)","url":"https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct-rule-73-solicitation-of-clients","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the physical, mental, or emotional state of the target of the solicitation is such that the target cannot exercise reasonable judgment in employing a lawyer"},{"label":"Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3 comment [6] (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, mass.gov)","url":"https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct-rule-73-solicitation-of-clients","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"a person undergoing active medical treatment for traumatic injury is unlikely to be in an emotional state"},{"label":"Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, mass.gov)","url":"https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct-rule-73-solicitation-of-clients","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive for the lawyer's doing so is the lawyer's or law firm's pecuniary gain"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/massachusetts/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Massachusetts, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/massachusetts/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"MI","stateName":"Michigan","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"No waiting period in the Rules of Professional Conduct. By statute, no one may intentionally contact a person known to be injured in a motor vehicle accident, or an immediate family member, with a direct solicitation until 30 days after the accident, unless that person asked for the contact (MCL 750.410b(1)). A violation is a misdemeanor. A separate statute makes soliciting an injured person for a personal-injury claim a misdemeanor (MCL 750.410(1)).","note":"MCL 750.410 sets no day count. Its application to lawyer mail after the Shapero decision cited in Rule 7.3 is not addressed here.","sources":[{"label":"Michigan Compiled Laws 750.410b(1) (Michigan Legislature)","url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-410b","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"until the expiration of 30 days after the date of that motor vehicle accident"},{"label":"Michigan Compiled Laws 750.410b(1)(a) (Michigan Legislature)","url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-410b","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"The individual or his or her immediate family member has requested the contact from that person"},{"label":"Michigan Compiled Laws 750.410b(3) (Michigan Legislature)","url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-410b","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor"},{"label":"Michigan Compiled Laws 750.410(1) (Michigan Legislature)","url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-410","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"solicit a person injured as the result of an accident"},{"label":"Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(a) (Michigan Supreme Court, updated with orders effective 1/1/2026)","url":"https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/rules-of-professional-conduct/michigan-rules-of-professional-conduct.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"sending truthful and nondeceptive letters to potential clients known to face particular legal problems"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/michigan/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Michigan, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/michigan/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"MN","stateName":"Minnesota","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The advertising rules (7.1 to 7.3) set no waiting period before contacting someone after an accident. Rule 7.3(b) bars live person-to-person solicitation for pecuniary gain, with listed exceptions. Rule 7.3(c) bars any solicitation after the person says no, or where it involves coercion, duress or harassment.","note":"Finding rests on the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1-7.3. State statutes (barratry or solicitation) were not searched.","sources":[{"label":"Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (Minnesota Revisor)","url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/court_rules/pr/subtype/cond/id/7.3/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive for the lawyer's doing so is the lawyer's or law firm's pecuniary gain"},{"label":"Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(c) (Minnesota Revisor)","url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/court_rules/pr/subtype/cond/id/7.3/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the target of the solicitation has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/minnesota/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Minnesota, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/minnesota/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"MS","stateName":"Mississippi","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The advertising rules (7.1 to 7.7) set no waiting period before contacting someone after an accident. Rule 7.3(a) bars live in-person, phone or real-time contact for pecuniary gain with someone the lawyer has no family, close personal or prior professional relationship with. Rule 7.3(b) bars any solicitation after the person says no or where it involves coercion, duress or harassment.","note":"Finding rests on the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1-7.7. State statutes (barratry or solicitation) were not searched.","sources":[{"label":"Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(a) (Mississippi Supreme Court)","url":"https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_of_professional_conduct.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not by in-person live telephone or real-time electronic contact solicit professional employment from a particular prospective client"},{"label":"Mississippi Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (Mississippi Supreme Court)","url":"https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_of_professional_conduct.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"Prospective client has made known to the lawyer the desire not to be solicited by the lawyer or (2) The solicitation involves coercion, duress or harassment"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/mississippi/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Mississippi, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/mississippi/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"MO","stateName":"Missouri","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"A written solicitation about a personal injury or wrongful death, or an accident or disaster involving the person or a relative, may not go out if the event happened less than 30 days before (4-7.3(c)(4)). In-person, telephone and real-time contact with people the lawyer has no relationship with is banned outright (4-7.3(a)).","note":"Missouri statutes were not searched for a separate waiting period.","sources":[{"label":"Missouri Supreme Court Rules, Rule 4-7.3(c)(4) (Missouri Supreme Court, courts.mo.gov)","url":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/3a8366293969e46486256ca6005211ed?OpenDocument","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"if the accident or disaster occurred less than 30 days prior to the solicitation"},{"label":"Missouri Supreme Court Rules, Rule 4-7.3(a) (Missouri Supreme Court, courts.mo.gov)","url":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/ClerkHandbooksP2RulesOnly.nsf/c0c6ffa99df4993f86256ba50057dcb8/3a8366293969e46486256ca6005211ed?OpenDocument","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer may not initiate the in-person, telephone, or real time electronic solicitation of legal business under any circumstance"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/missouri/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Missouri, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/missouri/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"MT","stateName":"Montana","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The advertising rules (7.1 to 7.5) set no waiting period before contacting someone after an accident. Rule 7.3(b) bars solicitation after the person says no, where it involves coercion, duress or harassment, or where the person's physical, emotional or mental state prevents reasonable judgment in hiring a lawyer.","note":"Finding rests on the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1-7.5. State statutes (barratry or solicitation) were not searched.","sources":[{"label":"Montana Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(1)-(3) (State Bar of Montana)","url":"https://www.montanabar.org/For-Attorneys/Ethics-Resources/Professional-Conduct","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the prospective client has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"},{"label":"Montana Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(3) (State Bar of Montana)","url":"https://www.montanabar.org/For-Attorneys/Ethics-Resources/Professional-Conduct","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the physical, emotional or mental state of the person is such that the person cannot exercise reasonable judgment in employing a lawyer"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/montana/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Montana, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/montana/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"NE","stateName":"Nebraska","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. Rule 3-507.3 bars live in-person, telephone or real-time electronic solicitation for pecuniary gain, with exceptions for lawyers and people with a family, close personal or prior professional relationship (3-507.3(a)). It also bars solicitation of anyone who has said no, or by coercion, duress or harassment (3-507.3(b)).","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in 3-507.1 to 3-507.5. The index of Neb. Rev. Stat. Chapter 7 (attorneys) has no solicitation statute; other chapters were not searched in full.","sources":[{"label":"Neb. Ct. R. of Prof. Cond. 3-507.3(a) (Nebraska Judicial Branch)","url":"https://nebraskajudicial.gov/supreme-court-rules/chapter-3-attorneys-and-practice-law/article-5-nebraska-rules-professional-conduct/%C2%A7%C2%A7-3-5071-3-5075-information-about-legal-services/%C2%A7-3-5073-direct-contact-prospective-clients","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not by in-person, live telephone or real-time electronic contact solicit professional employment from a prospective client when a significant motive"},{"label":"Neb. Ct. R. of Prof. Cond. 3-507.3(b) (Nebraska Judicial Branch)","url":"https://nebraskajudicial.gov/supreme-court-rules/chapter-3-attorneys-and-practice-law/article-5-nebraska-rules-professional-conduct/%C2%A7%C2%A7-3-5071-3-5075-information-about-legal-services/%C2%A7-3-5073-direct-contact-prospective-clients","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the prospective client has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/nebraska/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Nebraska, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/nebraska/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"NV","stateName":"Nevada","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"A written communication to an injured person (or a family member or legal representative) seeking to represent them in a personal-injury or wrongful-death matter is barred for 30 days after the incident (Rule 7.3(d)). The bar applies to lawyers for actual or potential defendants too. After 30 days the mail must still carry the required disclaimers and red-ink notice (7.3(b)-(c)). Rule 7.3(a) separately bars in-person and other direct solicitation of prospects with no family or prior professional relationship when pecuniary gain is a significant motive.","sources":[{"label":"Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(d) (Nevada Legislature copy of the Supreme Court's rules, rev. 4/15/2026)","url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/CourtRules/RPC.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"is prohibited in Nevada within 30 days of the date of the incident"},{"label":"Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(d) (Nevada Legislature copy of the Supreme Court's rules, rev. 4/15/2026)","url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/CourtRules/RPC.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"After 30 days following the incident, any such communication must comply with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Rule"},{"label":"Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(d) (Nevada Legislature copy of the Supreme Court's rules, rev. 4/15/2026)","url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/CourtRules/RPC.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"applies as well to lawyers or law firms or any associate, agent, employee, or other representative of a lawyer or law firm who represent actual or potential defendants"},{"label":"Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(a) (Nevada Legislature copy of the Supreme Court's rules, rev. 4/15/2026)","url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/CourtRules/RPC.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"a lawyer shall not solicit professional employment from a prospective client with whom the lawyer has no family or prior professional relationship, by mail, in person or otherwise"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/nevada/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Nevada, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/nevada/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"NH","stateName":"New Hampshire","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. Rule 7.3(b) bars contact with a prospective client who asked not to be contacted, contact involving coercion, duress or harassment, and contact where the person's physical, mental or emotional state means they cannot exercise reasonable judgment (7.3(b)(1)-(3)).","note":"Finding is the absence of a time-based clause in Rules 7.1 to 7.5; the table of contents of RSA ch. 311 (Attorneys and Counselors) on gc.nh.gov lists no solicitation or waiting-period section.","sources":[{"label":"N.H. R. Prof. Conduct 7.3(b)(3) (New Hampshire Judicial Branch)","url":"https://www.courts.nh.gov/new-hampshire-rules-professional-conduct/rule-73-direct-contact-prospective-clients","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the physical, mental, or emotional state of the prospective client is such that there is a substantial potential that the person cannot exercise reasonable judgment"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/new-hampshire/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: New Hampshire, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/new-hampshire/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"NJ","stateName":"New Jersey","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"Unsolicited direct contact with a prospective client within thirty days after a specific mass-disaster event, about compensation arising from the event, is barred (7.3(b)(4)). For other specific events, direct contact where pecuniary gain is a significant motive is barred except a regular-mail letter that meets the content rules (7.3(b)(5)); no further waiting period is set.","sources":[{"label":"N.J. RPC 7.3 (NJ Courts Rules of Court database)","url":"https://www.njcourts.gov/njcourts_rules_of_court/get-term?tid=26026","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unsolicited direct contact with a prospective client within thirty days after a specific mass-disaster event, when such contact concerns potential compensation arising from the event"},{"label":"N.J. RPC 7.3 (NJ Courts Rules of Court database)","url":"https://www.njcourts.gov/njcourts_rules_of_court/get-term?tid=26026","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"except that a lawyer may send a letter by regular mail to a prospective client in such circumstances"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/new-jersey/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: New Jersey, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/new-jersey/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"NM","stateName":"New Mexico","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"D","statusLabel":"ABA model default","text":"Marked D: we haven’t read New Mexico’s own text on waiting periods at an official source, so our national default applies until we do: no targeted contact with injured people at all.","reason":"New Mexico’s rules of professional conduct are published on nmonesource.com, which serves the text only after a human-verification (CAPTCHA) check. Our checker does not get past such checks, so the state’s own text could not be re-read on 2026-10-28.","sources":[{"label":"ABA Model Rule 7.3(b)","url":"https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_7_3_direct_contact_with_prospective_clients/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive for the lawyer’s doing so is the lawyer’s or law firm’s pecuniary gain"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/new-mexico/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: New Mexico, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (ABA model default; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/new-mexico/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"default applies, no specific source found (D)"},{"state":"NY","stateName":"New York","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"None for plaintiffs' lawyers since June 1, 2026. Rule 4.5 bars unsolicited contact with an injured person before the 30th day after the incident, but only for lawyers for actual or potential defendants (15 days if a filing is due within 30 days). Live person-to-person solicitation for pecuniary gain stays banned except to lawyers, people with a family, close personal, or prior business or professional relationship, and people who routinely use such legal services for business (7.3(b)). Judiciary Law 479 makes soliciting legal business unlawful for any person.","note":"Rule 7.3 as replaced has no 30-day or 15-day clause; Rule 4.5 was not amended by the order.","sources":[{"label":"Joint Order of the Appellate Division Departments (May 27, 2026), amending 22 NYCRR Part 1200, Rule 7.3(b)","url":"https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/rules/comments/orders/AdministrativeOrder-JointAppDivOrder-RulesOfProfessionalConduct-AttorneyAdvertising-052726f-r.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive"},{"label":"Joint Order of the Appellate Division Departments (May 27, 2026), amending 22 NYCRR Part 1200, Rule 7.3(b)(2)","url":"https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/rules/comments/orders/AdministrativeOrder-JointAppDivOrder-RulesOfProfessionalConduct-AttorneyAdvertising-052726f-r.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"a person who has a family, close personal, or prior business or professional relationship with the lawyer or law firm"},{"label":"Joint Order of the Appellate Division Departments (May 27, 2026), amending 22 NYCRR Part 1200, Rule 7.3(b)(3)","url":"https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/rules/comments/orders/AdministrativeOrder-JointAppDivOrder-RulesOfProfessionalConduct-AttorneyAdvertising-052726f-r.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"a person who routinely uses for business purposes the type of legal services offered by the lawyer"},{"label":"New York Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 4.5(a) (22 NYCRR Part 1200, copy hosted by the Appellate Division, Third Department)","url":"https://www.nycourts.gov/ad3/agc/rules/22NYCRR-Part-1200.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"representing actual or potential defendants"},{"label":"New York Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 4.5(a) (22 NYCRR Part 1200, copy hosted by the Appellate Division, Third Department)","url":"https://www.nycourts.gov/ad3/agc/rules/22NYCRR-Part-1200.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"before the 30th day after the date of the incident"},{"label":"New York Judiciary Law 479 (NY State Senate, Open Legislation)","url":"https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/JUD/479","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"It shall be unlawful for any person or his agent, employee or any person acting on his behalf, to solicit or procure through solicitation either directly or indirectly legal business"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/new-york/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: New York, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/new-york/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"NC","stateName":"North Carolina","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. Rule 7.3 bars live person-to-person solicitation for pecuniary gain with exceptions (7.3(b)), and bars solicitation of someone who said no or by coercion, duress or harassment (7.3(c)). The solicitation statute, G.S. 84-38, has no day count.","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting period in Rules 7.1 to 7.4 and in G.S. Chapter 84 (read in full for solicitation). Text messages and other written communications are not live person-to-person contact (7.3, comment [2]).","sources":[{"label":"North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (North Carolina State Bar)","url":"https://www.ncbar.gov/for-lawyers/ethics-and-governing-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct/71-76-information-about-legal-services/73-direct-contact-with-potential-clients/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive … is the lawyer's or law firm's pecuniary gain"},{"label":"North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3, comment [2] (North Carolina State Bar)","url":"https://www.ncbar.gov/for-lawyers/ethics-and-governing-rules/rules-of-professional-conduct/71-76-information-about-legal-services/73-direct-contact-with-potential-clients/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"Such person-to-person contact does not include chat rooms, text messages, or other written communications that recipients may easily disregard"},{"label":"N.C. Gen. Stat. 84-38 (North Carolina General Assembly)","url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_84/GS_84-38.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"Solicitation of retainer or contract for legal services prohibited; division of fees"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/north-carolina/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: North Carolina, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/north-carolina/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"ND","stateName":"North Dakota","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. Rule 7.3 bans live (in-person, phone, real-time) solicitation of someone known to need legal services unless a relationship exists (7.3(a)), and bars written solicitation that is unwanted, coercive or imposes a cost (7.3(b)); neither sets a time delay.","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1 to 7.5; N.D.C.C. ch. 27-13 (conduct of attorneys) was also read and has no solicitation or waiting-period provision.","sources":[{"label":"N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 7.3(a) (North Dakota Supreme Court, ndcourts.gov)","url":"https://www.ndcourts.gov/legal-resources/rules/ndrprofconduct/7-3","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not by in-person or telephone contact, or other real-time contact, solicit professional employment from anyone known to be in need of legal services"},{"label":"N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 7.3(b) (North Dakota Supreme Court, ndcourts.gov)","url":"https://www.ndcourts.gov/legal-resources/rules/ndrprofconduct/7-3","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not solicit professional employment by written, recorded , or electronic communication"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/north-dakota/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: North Dakota, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/north-dakota/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"OH","stateName":"Ohio","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. A solicitation sent within thirty days of an accident or disaster that may give rise to a personal injury or wrongful death claim must include the 'Understanding Your Rights' notice (7.3(e)).","sources":[{"label":"Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(e) (Supreme Court of Ohio, as amended eff. Jan. 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/docs/LegalResources/Rules/ProfConduct/profConductRules.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"is sent within thirty days of an accident or disaster that gives rise to a potential claim for personal injury or wrongful death"},{"label":"Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(e) (Supreme Court of Ohio, as amended eff. Jan. 1, 2026)","url":"https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/docs/LegalResources/Rules/ProfConduct/profConductRules.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the following \"Understanding Your Rights\" shall be included with the communication"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/ohio/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Ohio, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/ohio/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"OK","stateName":"Oklahoma","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"D","statusLabel":"ABA model default","text":"No Oklahoma waiting period could be confirmed. The OBA ethics counsel's summary of Rule 7.3 describes a ban on live contact for pecuniary gain and on solicitation of a person who asked not to be solicited, with no waiting period. The ABA Model Rule default (none) applies.","reason":"Rule text for Okla. RPC 7.1-7.5 is hosted only on OSCN (oscn.net, the Supreme Court's rules host), which returned a human-verification (Cloudflare Turnstile) page to scripts and to the browser pane on 2026-10-28; the challenge was not bypassed. No other official host with the adopted text was found (the OBA proposed-changes PDFs are removed, and were proposals only). No Oklahoma statute on post-accident solicitation could be found at an official host either.","sources":[{"label":"Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Journal (April 2024), \"Advertising: The Basics\" by OBA ethics counsel (quotes ORPC 7.1-7.5)","url":"https://www.okbar.org/ethics-professional-responsibility-april-2024/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the target of the solicitation has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/oklahoma/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Oklahoma, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (ABA model default; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/oklahoma/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"default applies, no specific source found (D)"},{"state":"OR","stateName":"Oregon","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. A lawyer may not solicit anyone who cannot exercise reasonable judgment because of their physical, emotional or mental state, anyone who has said no, or by coercion, duress or harassment (7.3). By statute, a lawyer may not solicit business at factories, mills, hospitals or other places, or use runners or solicitors, to obtain personal-injury business (ORS 9.510).","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1 to 7.5 and ORS Chapter 9 (read for solicitation provisions). ORS 9.510 sets no day count.","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(a) (Oregon State Bar publication, as of September 3, 2026)","url":"https://www.osbar.org/_docs/rulesregs/orpc.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the physical, emotional or mental state of the subject … could not exercise reasonable judgment in employing a lawyer"},{"label":"ORS 9.510 (Oregon Legislature)","url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors009.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"No attorney shall solicit business at factories, mills, hospitals or other places"},{"label":"ORS 9.510 (Oregon Legislature)","url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors009.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"for the purpose of obtaining business on account of personal injuries to any person"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/oregon/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Oregon, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/oregon/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"No day count. The rules allow targeted direct mail (7.3(c)) and ban live person-to-person contact for pay except with lawyers or people with a family, close personal or prior professional relationship (7.3(b)). The comment says live contact includes text messages. In a domestic relations case, the lawyer waits until proof of service appears on the docket before contacting the named defendant (7.3(d)(4)).","note":"Finding is the absence of an accident or injury waiting period in Rule 7.3. No Pennsylvania solicitation statute was searched.","sources":[{"label":"Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(c) (204 Pa. Code, Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin)","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F204%2Fchapter81%2Fs7.3.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer may utilize targeted, direct mail advertisements to solicit professional employment"},{"label":"Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (204 Pa. Code, Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin)","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F204%2Fchapter81%2Fs7.3.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not solicit professional employment by live person-to-person contact when a significant motive"},{"label":"Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(d)(4) (204 Pa. Code, Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin)","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F204%2Fchapter81%2Fs7.3.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the lawyer shall wait until proof of service appears on the docket"},{"label":"Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3 comment (2) (204 Pa. Code, Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin)","url":"https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F204%2Fchapter81%2Fs7.3.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"Such person-to-person contact includes text messages"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/pennsylvania/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Pennsylvania, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/pennsylvania/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"RI","stateName":"Rhode Island","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period before contact with an accident or injury victim. Targeted written or electronic solicitation is allowed unless the person has asked not to be solicited or the lawyer knows the person's state makes sound judgment unlikely (7.3(b)).","note":"The finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1 to 7.5 as read. The Rhode Island General Laws were not searched exhaustively for a solicitation statute.","sources":[{"label":"R.I. Sup. Ct. Rules Art. V, RPC 7.3(b) (Rhode Island Supreme Court)","url":"https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/SupremeCourt/Documents/Supreme-Rules-Article5.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the lawyer knows or reasonably should know that the physical, emotional, or mental state of the person makes it unlikely"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/rhode-island/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Rhode Island, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/rhode-island/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"SC","stateName":"South Carolina","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"30 days. A lawyer may not solicit by direct written, recorded or electronic communication, or by in-person, telephone or real-time electronic contact, about a personal injury, wrongful death, accident or disaster unless it happened more than thirty days earlier (7.3(b)(3)).","sources":[{"label":"South Carolina Appellate Court Rules, Rule 407, RPC 7.3(b)(3) (South Carolina Judicial Branch)","url":"https://www.sccourts.org/resources/judicial-community/court-rules/appellate/rule-407/rule-73/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation concerns an action for personal injury or wrongful death or otherwise relates to an accident or disaster"},{"label":"South Carolina Appellate Court Rules, Rule 407, RPC 7.3(b)(3) (South Carolina Judicial Branch)","url":"https://www.sccourts.org/resources/judicial-community/court-rules/appellate/rule-407/rule-73/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"unless the accident or disaster occurred more than thirty (30) days prior to the solicitation"},{"label":"South Carolina Appellate Court Rules, Rule 407, RPC 7.3 comment (6) (South Carolina Judicial Branch)","url":"https://www.sccourts.org/resources/judicial-community/court-rules/appellate/rule-407/rule-73/","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"The 30-day restriction in paragraph (b)(3)"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/south-carolina/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: South Carolina, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/south-carolina/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"SD","stateName":"South Dakota","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period after an accident or injury. The only timing rule is the 30-day deposit of written or recorded solicitations with the State Bar (7.3(c)). Solicitation is barred if the person said no, or if it involves coercion, duress or harassment (7.3(b)).","note":"Finding is the absence of a post-event waiting period in Rules 7.1-7.5. South Dakota statutes were not searched for a separate one.","sources":[{"label":"South Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (SDCL 16-18-A, South Dakota Legislature, Supreme Court rules)","url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/16-18-A.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"The target of the solicitation has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"},{"label":"South Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(c) (SDCL 16-18-A, South Dakota Legislature, Supreme Court rules)","url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/16-18-A.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"no less than thirty days prior to its dissemination or publication"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/south-dakota/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: South Dakota, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/south-dakota/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"TN","stateName":"Tennessee","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"30 days. A lawyer may not solicit, for pecuniary gain, a person about a personal injury, divorce or legal separation, workers' compensation or wrongful death matter, or an accident or disaster involving that person or family, unless the event was more than 30 days before the mailing or transmission, or the lawyer has a family, close personal or prior professional relationship (7.3(d)(3)).","sources":[{"label":"Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 8, RPC 7.3(d)(3) (Tennessee Supreme Court)","url":"https://old.tncourts.gov/rules/supreme-court/8","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"occurred more than thirty (30) days prior to the mailing or transmission of the communication"},{"label":"Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 8, RPC 7.3(d)(3) (Tennessee Supreme Court)","url":"https://old.tncourts.gov/rules/supreme-court/8","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"worker's compensation, wrongful death, or otherwise relates to an accident, filing of divorce or legal separation, or disaster"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/tennessee/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Tennessee, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/tennessee/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"TX","stateName":"Texas","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"Under Penal Code 38.12(d), a lawyer commits an offense by sending a written communication, or making a solicitation (in person, by phone, by social media direct message or other electronic communication), to someone who has not sought the lawyer's services, concerning personal injury, wrongful death, or an accident or disaster involving that person or a relative, before the 31st day after the accident or disaster. A first offense is a Class A misdemeanor and a repeat is a third-degree felony (38.12(g)-(h)). Paying someone to solicit employment is a third-degree felony (38.12(a)(4), (f)). The Disciplinary Rules also ban in-person and regulated phone, social-media or electronic solicitation of non-clients, with exceptions (Rule 7.03(b)); communications aimed at the general public or sent on request are not solicitations (7.03 cmt 2).","note":"Penal Code 38.12 was last amended by Acts 2025, ch. 419 (HB 2733), effective September 1, 2025.","sources":[{"label":"Texas Penal Code 38.12(d)(2)(A) (Texas Statutes, tcss.legis.texas.gov)","url":"https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PE/htm/PE.38.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"was provided before the 31st day after the date on which the accident or disaster occurred"},{"label":"Texas Penal Code 38.12(d)(2)","url":"https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PE/htm/PE.38.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"provides or knowingly permits to be provided to an individual who has not sought the person's employment, legal representation, advice, or care, a written communication or a solicitation"},{"label":"Texas Penal Code 38.12(g)-(h)","url":"https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PE/htm/PE.38.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"an offense under Subsection (d) is a Class A misdemeanor"},{"label":"Texas Penal Code 38.12(h)","url":"https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PE/htm/PE.38.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has previously been convicted under Subsection (d)"},{"label":"Texas Penal Code 38.12(a)(4), (f)","url":"https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PE/htm/PE.38.htm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"An offense under Subsection (a) or (b) is a felony of the third degree"},{"label":"Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.03(b) (effective March 7, 2025; State Bar of Texas posting of the Supreme Court of Texas rules)","url":"https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&ContentID=67638&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer shall not solicit through in-person contact, or through regulated telephone, social media, or other electronic contact, professional employment from a non-client"},{"label":"Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.03 cmt 2 (effective March 7, 2025; State Bar of Texas posting of the Supreme Court of Texas rules)","url":"https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&ContentID=67638&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"A lawyer's communication is not a solicitation if it is directed to the general public, such as through a billboard, an Internet banner advertisement, a website or a television commercial"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/texas/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Texas, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/texas/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 90 days; two primary sources"},{"state":"UT","stateName":"Utah","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"30 days. A lawyer may not directly communicate with a prospective client to get work if the matter concerns a disaster, or a personal injury or wrongful death action, unless the event was more than 30 days earlier, the person is a relative, close friend or prior client of the lawyer or firm, or the person or a close third party started the contact (7.1(c)).","sources":[{"label":"Utah SCRP Rule 3-7.1(c) (Utah Courts, effective 5/1/2024)","url":"https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=scrp&rule=3-7.1","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the disaster, injury, or death occurred more than 30 days prior to the communication"},{"label":"Utah SCRP Rule 3-7.1(c) (Utah Courts)","url":"https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=scrp&rule=3-7.1","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"concerns a disaster or an action for personal injury or wrongful death"},{"label":"Utah SCRP Rule 3-7.1(c)(3) (Utah Courts)","url":"https://legacy.utcourts.gov/rules/view.php?type=scrp&rule=3-7.1","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"initiated by the prospective client or at the request of a third party who has a familial or close personal relationship"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/utah/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Utah, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/utah/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"VT","stateName":"Vermont","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period before contact with an accident or injury victim. Targeted written or electronic solicitation is barred only if the person has said not to, or the solicitation involves coercion, duress or harassment (7.3(b)).","note":"The finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1 to 7.5 as read. The Vermont Statutes were not searched exhaustively for a solicitation statute.","sources":[{"label":"Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (Vermont Supreme Court)","url":"https://www.vtcourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/VermontRulesofProfessionalConduct.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the prospective client has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"},{"label":"Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(2) (Vermont Supreme Court)","url":"https://www.vtcourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/VermontRulesofProfessionalConduct.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation involves coercion, duress or harassment"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/vermont/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Vermont, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/vermont/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"VA","stateName":"Virginia","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period after an accident or injury. Rule 7.3(b) bars solicitation of someone who has said no, or by harassment, undue influence, coercion, duress, compulsion, intimidation, threats or unwarranted promises of benefits.","note":"Finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1-7.6. Virginia statutes were not searched for a separate one.","sources":[{"label":"Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(1) (Virginia State Bar, complete Rules effective July 27, 2026; adopted by the Supreme Court of Virginia)","url":"https://vsb.org/common/Uploaded%20files/docs/rules-rpc-complete.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the potential client has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"},{"label":"Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(2) (Virginia State Bar, complete Rules effective July 27, 2026; adopted by the Supreme Court of Virginia)","url":"https://vsb.org/common/Uploaded%20files/docs/rules-rpc-complete.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation involves harassment, undue influence, coercion, duress, compulsion, intimidation, threats or unwarranted promises of benefits"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/virginia/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Virginia, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/virginia/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"WA","stateName":"Washington","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no fixed waiting period. A solicitation is barred if the lawyer knows or should know the person's physical, emotional or mental state is such that they could not exercise reasonable judgment in hiring a lawyer, if the person said no, or if it involves coercion, duress or harassment (7.3(a)). Comment [10] names soliciting an accident victim shortly after the accident or while in medical distress as the kind of circumstance the rule covers.","note":"Finding is the absence of a day-count waiting period in RPC 7.1-7.5. Washington statutes were not searched for a separate one.","sources":[{"label":"Washington Rules of Professional Conduct, RPC 7.3(a)(2) (Washington Supreme Court, courts.wa.gov)","url":"https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/RPC/GA_RPC_07_03_00.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the physical, emotional, or mental state of the subject of the solicitation is such that the person could not exercise reasonable judgment"},{"label":"Washington Rules of Professional Conduct, RPC 7.3 cmt [10] (Washington Supreme Court, courts.wa.gov)","url":"https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/RPC/GA_RPC_07_03_00.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"solicitation of an accident victim or the victim's family shortly after the accident or while the victim is still in medical distress"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/washington/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Washington, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/washington/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"WV","stateName":"West Virginia","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period before contact with an accident or injury victim. Targeted written or electronic solicitation is barred only if the person has said not to, or the solicitation involves coercion, duress or harassment (7.3(b)).","note":"The finding is the absence of a waiting-period clause in Rules 7.1 to 7.5 as read. The West Virginia Code was not searched exhaustively for a solicitation statute.","sources":[{"label":"W. Va. Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b) (West Virginia Judiciary)","url":"https://www.courtswv.gov/legal-community/court-rules/west-virginia-rules-professional-conduct","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the target of the solicitation has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"},{"label":"W. Va. Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.3(b)(2) (West Virginia Judiciary)","url":"https://www.courtswv.gov/legal-community/court-rules/west-virginia-rules-professional-conduct","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation involves coercion, duress or harassment"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/west-virginia/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: West Virginia, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/west-virginia/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"WI","stateName":"Wisconsin","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no fixed waiting period. A solicitation is barred if the lawyer knows or should know the person's physical, emotional or mental state makes it unlikely they would exercise reasonable judgment in hiring a lawyer, if the person has said no, or if it involves coercion, duress or harassment (7.3(b)).","note":"Finding is the absence of a day-count waiting period in SCR 20:7.1-7.5. Wisconsin statutes were not searched for a separate one.","sources":[{"label":"Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules, SCR 20:7.3(b)(1) (Wisconsin Court System, chapter 20)","url":"https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/rules/chap20b.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the physical, emotional or mental state of the person makes it unlikely that the person would exercise reasonable judgment in employing a lawyer"},{"label":"Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules, SCR 20:7.3(b)(3) (Wisconsin Court System, chapter 20)","url":"https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/rules/chap20b.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the solicitation involves coercion, duress or harassment"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/wisconsin/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Wisconsin, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/wisconsin/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"},{"state":"WY","stateName":"Wyoming","topic":"waitingPeriod","label":"Waiting period for targeted injury contact","status":"P","statusLabel":"Primary source","text":"The rules set no waiting period. Live person-to-person solicitation for pecuniary gain is barred unless the person is a lawyer, has a relationship with the lawyer or firm, or routinely uses such services for business (7.3(b)). All solicitation is barred if the person asked not to be solicited, or if it involves coercion, duress or harassment (7.3(c)).","note":"Finding is the absence of a time-based clause in Rules 7.1 to 7.3. No Wyoming statute on post-accident solicitation was searched for beyond the rules.","sources":[{"label":"Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law, Rule 7.3(b) (Wyoming Supreme Court, wyocourts.gov PDF, eff. 9-21-26)","url":"https://www.wyocourts.gov/app/uploads/2026/06/WY-Rules-Prof-Conduct-Eff.-9-21-26.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"shall not solicit professional employment by live … when a significant motive for the lawyer's doing so is the lawyer's or law firm's pecuniary gain"},{"label":"Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law, Rule 7.3(c) (Wyoming Supreme Court, wyocourts.gov PDF, eff. 9-21-26)","url":"https://www.wyocourts.gov/app/uploads/2026/06/WY-Rules-Prof-Conduct-Eff.-9-21-26.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the target of the solicitation has made known to the lawyer a desire not to be solicited by the lawyer"}],"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/locations/wyoming/#rule-waitingPeriod","cite":"Probative, Lawyer advertising rules by state (50 states and DC), version 1.4.0: Wyoming, Waiting period for targeted injury contact (primary source; checked 2026-10-28), https://probativegrowth.com/locations/wyoming/#rule-waitingPeriod, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23750572, CC BY 4.0.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"one primary source, no second check"}]}