Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

Prior to orally requesting a contribution, or contemporaneously with a written request for a contribution, the following shall be clearly and conspicuously disclosed: (a) The name of the professional solicitor and professional fundraiser, and the fact that the solicitation is bei…

(a) No person shall, for the purpose of soliciting contributions from persons in this state, use the name of any other person, as one who has sponsored or endorsed the charitable organization or its activities without the written consent of that other person. (b) A person shall b…

(a) Whenever the department, upon its own motion or upon complaint of any person, has reason to believe that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, it may, if warranted, take any of the following actions: (1) Revoke, suspend, or deny a registration of a ch…

(a) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced for the first offense to pay a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or undergo imprisonment for not more than one…

All fees, required to be paid pursuant to this chapter, shall be paid to the state treasurer.

The director may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance is for any reason held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by that invalidity.

(a) Every charitable organization, except as otherwise provided in § 5-53.1-3, that acts, operates, transacts business in this state, or intends to solicit contributions from persons in this state by any means whatsoever, shall, prior to any solicitation, file with the director u…

(a) The following persons shall not be required to file a registration statement with the department: (1) Educational institutions, including parent-teacher associations, the curricula of which in whole or in part are registered or approved by a governmental agency as well as all…

(a) Every charitable organization registered pursuant to § 5-53.1-2 shall file with the director a copy of the annual financial statement of the organization audited by an independent certified public accountant for the organization’s immediately preceding fiscal year, or a copy …

Every charitable organization registered or required to register pursuant to § 5-53.1-2 shall keep and maintain books, records, and reports for at least three (3) years after the end of the period of registration to which they relate that shall, upon reasonable advance written no…

(a) Any charitable organization having its principal place of business outside of this state or organized under the laws of a foreign state and that solicits contributions from persons in this state, shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the director as its agent upon who…

In addition to any other violations of this chapter no person shall: (1) Make any material statement that is untrue in an application for registration, registration statement, or written annual report; or fail to disclose a material fact in an application for registration, regist…

(a) No person shall act, operate, or transact business as a professional fundraiser or fundraising counsel in this state before he, she, or it has registered with the director or after the expiration or cancellation of such registration. Applications for registration and re-regis…

(a) No person shall act as a professional fundraiser or fundraising counsel before he, she, or it has a written contract with the charitable organization. A true and correct copy of each contract entered into between a professional fundraiser or fundraising counsel and a charitab…