Arkansas Code Title 4, Subtitle 3, Chapter 28, Subchapter 4 - Solicitation of Charitable Contributions

• § 4-28-401 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Charitable organization" means any person: (A) Who is or holds himself or herself...
• § 4-28-402 - Registration of Charitable Organizations Prior to Solicitation.
  (a) (1) No charitable organization, in or out of the state, shall solicit contributions from persons in this state by any means whatsoever until...
• § 4-28-403 - Annual Financial Reports and Fiscal Records.
  (a) (1) On or before May 15 of each year, each charitable organization subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall file with the...
• § 4-28-404 - Charitable Organizations Exempted From Registration and Financial Disclosure Requirements.
  The following charitable organizations shall not be subject to the filing or reporting requirement provisions of §§ 4-28-402, 4-28-403, and 4-28-405, provided each such...
• § 4-28-405 - Charitable Organization -- Filing of Contracts.
  (a) Each contract between a charitable organization and a fund-raising counsel shall be in writing and shall be filed by the charitable organization with...
• § 4-28-406 - Fund-Raising Counsel -- Registration -- Fees.
  (a) No person shall act as a fund-raising counsel until he or she has first registered with the Attorney General.(b) Applications for registration shall...
• § 4-28-407 - Paid Solicitors -- Registration, Fees, and Bond -- Filing of Contracts -- Solicitation Notice -- Contract Requirements -- Prohibited Practices -- Records -- Deposit of Funds.
  (a) (1) No person shall act as a paid solicitor unless he or she has first registered with the Attorney General. (2) Applications for...
• § 4-28-408 - Commercial Coventurers -- Filing of Contracts -- Terms -- Accounting -- Disclosures Required in Advertising.
  (a) (1) Every charitable organization subject to the registration requirements of this subchapter which agrees to permit a charitable sales promotion to be conducted...
• § 4-28-409 - Disclosures.
  (a) It is an unlawful practice for any person to solicit or request contributions when any part of the proceeds is pledged to be...
• § 4-28-410 - Documents.
  (a) All contracts, scripts, pamphlets, handouts, and other materials used by paid solicitors shall be in writing, and true and correct copies of all...
• § 4-28-411 - Professional Telemarketers -- Registration and Renewal.
  (a) Every professional telemarketer must be employed in a principal-agent relationship by a paid solicitor registered pursuant to this subchapter and shall, within seventy-two...
• § 4-28-412 - Prohibited Acts.
  It shall be a violation of this section for: (1) Any person to make any misrepresentation, either express or implied, during the course of...
• § 4-28-413 - Nonresident Organization -- Service of Process.
  (a) A nonresident charitable organization, paid solicitor, fund-raising counsel, or professional telemarketer desiring to solicit funds within the State of Arkansas shall file with...
• § 4-28-414 - City Ordinances Provisionally Authorized.
  Nothing contained in the provisions of this subchapter shall prohibit any city or incorporated town in the State of Arkansas from enacting otherwise lawful...
• § 4-28-415 - Disposition of Fees.
  All fees collected by the Attorney General under this subchapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury, and the Treasurer of State shall credit...
• § 4-28-416 - Violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
  (a) (1) A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute an unfair and deceptive act or practice, as defined by the Deceptive...

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