Maryland Solicitations Act Index

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DIVISION

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Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions
- § 6-101. Definitions
- § 6-102. Scope of title
Subtitle 2. Powers and Duties of the Secretary of State.
- § 6-201. Charitable Giving Information Program
- § 6-202. Service on foreign charitable organizations or representatives
- § 6-203. Public records
- § 6-204. Duty to adopt regulations
- § 6-205. Power to investigate and take action against alleged violations
- § 6-206. Reciprocal agreements
- § 6-207. Disposition of money
Subtitle 3. Charitable Representatives.
- § 6-301. Registration required
- § 6-302. Applications for registration
- § 6-303. Surety bond; irrevocable letter of credit
- § 6-304. Issuance of registration
- § 6-305. Term of registration
- § 6-306. Registration before accounting
- § 6-307. Acting as charitable representative after application for registration
Subtitle 4. Charitable Organizations.
- § 6-401. Registration required
- § 6-402. Registration statements
- § 6-403. Duty of officers
- § 6-404. Denial of registration.
- § 6-405. Requirements of exempt persons
- § 6-406. Soliciting after application for registration
- § 6-407. Annual fees
- § 6-408. Annual report
- § 6-409. Duty of officers
- § 6-410. Financial statement
- § 6-411. Disclosure statement
- § 6-412. Financial records
- § 6-413. Exemption from submission requirement
- § 6-414. Credit cards
- § 6-415. Restrictions on voting
- § 6-416. Restrictions on soliciting and spending money
- § 6-417. End of soliciting
Subtitle 5. Charitable Solicitations.
- § 6-501. Agreements
- § 6-502. Fund-raising notice
- § 6-503. Required disclosures when awarding prizes
- § 6-504. Receipt required after telephone solicitation
- § 6-505. Charitable contributions to be deposited into bank account
- § 6-506. Accounting required
- § 6-507. Charitable solicitation records
- § 6-508. Fiduciaries
- § 6-509. Failure to comply with charitable contribution requirements
Subtitle 5A. Public Safety Solicitors
- §6-5A- 1. Public safety solicitors
- §6-5A- 2. Registration requirements
- §6-5A- 3. Same—Bond amount and surety
- §6-5A- 4. Approval of Application
- §6-5A- 5. Expiration
- §6-5A- 6. Requirements of solicitations
- §6-5A- 7. Limitations of solicitations
- §6-5A- 8. Same—Actions of solicitor
- §6-5A- 9. Same—Willful or gross negligence
- §6-5A-10. Penalty for unregistered solicitor
- §6-5A-11. Penalty for willful violation; gross negligence; bond forfeitures; fines
Subtitle 6. Prohibited Acts; Penalties
- § 6-601. Acting as associate solicitor, professional solicitor, or fund-raising counsel without applying for registration
- § 6-602. Use of services of unregistered individual
- § 6-603. Agreement with unregistered charitable organization
- § 6-604. Misuse of registration
- § 6-605. Compensation dependent on number or value of charitable contributions
- § 6-606. Application of charitable contribution
- § 6-607. False or misleading material
- § 6-608. Deceptive act
- § 6-609. Misrepresentation—Marks or printed matter
- § 6-610. Same—Charitable organizations or use of proceeds
- § 6-611. Same—Sponsorship or endorsement
- § 6-612. Soliciting after cancellation of contract
- § 6-613. Willful violations
- § 6-614. Grossly negligent violations
- § 6-615. Contents of agreement between charitable organization and fundraising counsel
- § 6-616. Same between charitable organizations and professional solicitors
- § 6-617. Charitable solicitation without authorization
- § 6-618. Promotions for charitable organizations
- § 6-619. Criminal penalty
- § 6-620. Public containers for deposit of money reflecting name of charitable organization
- § 6-621. Liability for broadcast, publication, or printing of solicitations in violation of title
Subtitle 7. Short Title
- § 6-701. Short title

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