Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 17 - Charitable Solicitations
- § 43-17-1 - Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Charitable Solicitations Act of 1988."
- § 43-17-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Attorney General" means the Attorney General or his or her designee. (2) "Charitable organization" means any...
- § 43-17-3 - Registration of Paid Solicitors; Renewal; Financial Statements; Denial of Registration; Amendments; Contracts; Solicitation Notices; Accounting; Deposit of Contributions; Records
(a) No paid solicitor shall solicit contributions for a charitable purpose in or from this state or on behalf of a charitable organization, unless...
- § 43-17-3.1 - Registration As a Solicitor Agent; Application; Denial; Renewal; Amendments; Fees
(a) No solicitor agent shall solicit contributions on behalf of a charitable organization within or from this state, unless such solicitor agent is a...
- § 43-17-4 - Bonding Requirements for Registered Paid Solicitors; Deposits in Lieu of Bond
(a) An applicant for registration as a paid solicitor who will have physical possession or legal control over any contributions collected by it in...
- § 43-17-5 - Registration of Charitable Organizations; Service of Process; Financial Statement; Tax Exemption Determination; Denial; Renewal; Amendments; Fees; Records
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) Wherever located to solicit or accept charitable contributions from any person located in this state;...
- § 43-17-6 - Agreement for Charitable Sales Promotion; Final Accounting and Records of Promotions
(a) Every charitable organization which agrees to permit a charitable sales promotion to be conducted in its behalf shall obtain, prior to the commencement...
- § 43-17-7 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Registration; Other Disciplinary Actions; Financial Statements
(a) The Secretary of State, by order, may deny, suspend, or revoke a registration, limit the fundraising activities that an applicant or registered person...
- § 43-17-8 - Disclosures Required
(a) Every charitable organization, paid solicitor, or solicitor agent required to be registered under this Code section, at the time of any solicitation that...
- § 43-17-8.1 - Requirements for Use of Collection Receptacles for Donations
(a) When any person makes a solicitation to the public by encouraging donations into a collection receptacle, the provisions of this Code section shall...
- § 43-17-9 - Exemptions
(a) The following persons are exempt from the provisions of Code Sections 43-17-5, 43-17-6, and 43-17-8: (1) Educational institutions and those organizations, foundations, associations,...
- § 43-17-10 - Administration of Chapter
(a) The administration of this chapter shall be vested in the Secretary of State.(b) The Secretary of State is authorized to administer oaths in...
- § 43-17-11 - Enforcement of Chapter; Investigations; Subpoenas; Cooperation With Attorney General, Law Enforcement, and Regulatory Agencies
(a) The Secretary of State, in enforcing this chapter, may: (1) Make such public or private investigations within or outside of this state as...
- § 43-17-12 - Prohibited Acts
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation, subpoena, or order promulgated or...
- § 43-17-13 - Penalties; Cease and Desist Orders; Injunctions; Restitution; Appointment and Powers of Receiver; Subpoenas
(a) Whenever it may appear to the Secretary of State, either upon complaint or otherwise, that any person has engaged in or is engaging...
- § 43-17-14 - Recovery of Damages; Class Actions
(a) Any person who suffers injury or damages as a result of acts or practices in violation of this chapter may bring an action...
- § 43-17-15 - Venue
For the purposes of venue for any civil or criminal action under this chapter, any violation of this chapter or of any rule, regulation,...
- § 43-17-16 - Hearings; Notice; Powers and Orders of the Secretary of State
(a) Where the Secretary of State has issued any order forbidding the solicitation or acceptance of contributions under Code Section 43-17-7, he or she...
- § 43-17-17 - Appeals
(a) An appeal may be taken from any order of the Secretary of State resulting from a hearing held in accordance with Code Section...
- § 43-17-18 - Service of Process
Where a consent to service of process is required under this chapter, such consent to service of process shall be in the form prescribed...
- § 43-17-19 - Applicability of "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975."
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a solicitation shall be deemed to be a consumer act or practice or consumer transaction under Part...
- § 43-17-20 - Secretary of State Immune From Liability and Suit
For any action taken or any proceeding had under this chapter or under color of law, the Secretary of State shall be immune from...
- § 43-17-21 - Burden of Proof on Persons Claiming Exemption or Exception; Certified Copies; Certificate of Compliance or Noncompliance
(a) In a civil or administrative proceeding under this chapter, a person claiming an exemption or an exception from a definition has the burden...
- § 43-17-22 - Provisions of Chapter Govern Criminal or Civil Proceedings
Any criminal proceeding or civil proceeding, including but not limited to judicial review of all administrative orders, instituted under this chapter shall be governed...
- § 43-17-23 - Violations of Chapter
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this chapter shall be...
Last modified: October 14, 2016