California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 7 — General Business Regulations, Part 3 — Representations to the Public, Chapter 1 — Advertising, Article 1.3 — Charitable Solicitations, Section 17510.8
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, there exists a fiduciary relationship between a charity or any person soliciting on behalf of a charity, and the person from whom a charitable contribution is being solicited. The acceptance of charitable contributions by a charity or any person soliciting on behalf of a charity establishes a charitable trust and a duty on the part of the charity and the person soliciting on behalf of the charity to use those charitable contributions for the declared charitable purposes for which they are sought. This section is declarative of existing trust law principles.
Notes
Establishes a fiduciary relationship between a charity or person soliciting for a charity and the person solicited for a contribution. Acceptance of charitable contributions creates a charitable trust and requires the charity and its solicitor to use the contributions for the declared charitable purposes for which they were sought; the rule is declared to reflect existing trust-law principles.
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