Sections
14 entriesSection 17510Establishes only legislative findings and purpose for charitable solicitations and sales solicitations, citing fraud, deceit, inadequate remedies, and situations where little solicited…Section 17510.1Defines “sale” for this article to include a gift made with the hope or expectation of monetary compensation. A transfer framed as…Section 17510.2Defines “solicitation for charitable purposes” broadly to include requests or attempted requests for money or property using charitable appeals, names, purposes, or…Section 17510.25Allows a charity to solicit motorists in a public roadway when qualifying public-safety employees solicit within their agency’s service area and the…Section 17510.3Requires charitable solicitors or sellers to provide organization, tax, deduction, and fundraising disclosures before solicitation, and organizations must provide requested revenue and…Section 17510.4Requires charitable solicitations initially made without direct personal contact, including by internet, radio, television, letter, or telephone, to clearly provide the required…Section 17510.5Requires a soliciting organization to maintain its financial records using generally accepted accounting principles as defined by the American Institute of Certified…Section 17510.6Exempts charitable solicitations, sales, offers, and attempted sales made within a charitable organization’s membership or on premises it regularly occupies from this…Section 17510.7Allows compliance with a city or county charitable-solicitation disclosure ordinance to satisfy the article when the local requirements are substantially similar to…Section 17510.8Establishes a fiduciary relationship between a charity or person soliciting for a charity and the person solicited for a contribution. Acceptance of…Section 17510.85Requires a compensated person or entity soliciting funds or property in California for charitable purposes to disclose that a commercial fundraiser is…Section 17510.87Limits a compensated charitable fundraiser to retaining no more than 50% of net proceeds as a fundraising fee, excluding a flat pre-solicitation…Section 17510.9Requires a soliciting charity that, in the prior calendar year, received more than 50 percent of annual income and over $1,000,000 from…Section 17510.95Requires the Attorney General each year to publish a report containing information supplied by every charity reporting to the Registry of Charities…