New York Executive Law Article 7-A - SOLICITATION AND COLLECTION OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES

• 171-a - Definitions.
  The following words and phrases as used in this article shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is required by the context. 1....
• 172 - Registration of Charitable Organizations.
  1. Every charitable organization, and any charitable organization registered or required to be registered pursuant to article eight of the estates, powers and trusts law,...
• 172-a - Certain Persons Exempted.
  1. This article shall not apply to corporations organized under the religious corporations law, and other religious agencies and organizations, and charities, agencies, and organizations...
• 172-b - Reports by Registered Charitable Organizations; Registration to Be Cancelled for Failure to File.
  * 1. Every charitable organization registered or required to be registered pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two of this article which shall receive in any...
• 172-c - Non-Resident Charitable Organizations; Designation of Secretary of State As Agent for Service of Process; Service of Process.
  1. Any charitable organization having its principal place of business without the state or organized under and by virtue of the laws of another or...
• 172-d - Prohibited Activity.
  Except as exempted pursuant to subdivision one of section one hundred seventy-two-a of this article, in addition to other violations of this article no person...
• 172-e - Disclosure of Certain Donations by Charitable Non-Profit Entities.
  1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (a) "Covered entity" shall mean any corporation or entity that is qualified as an exempt organization or...
• 172-f - Disclosure of Certain Activities by Non-Charitable Non-Profit Entities.
  1. Definitions. (a) "Covered Entity" means any corporation or entity that is qualified as an exempt organization or entity by the United States Department of...
• 173 - Professional Fund-Raisers, Commercial Co-Venturers and Fund Raising Counsel.
  1. Registration and bond required. No person shall act as a professional fund raiser or fund raising counsel on behalf of a charitable organization required...
• 173-a - Contracts of Professional Fund Raisers, Fund Raising Counsel and Commercial Co-Venturers; Closing Statements; Final Accountings.
  1. No person shall act as a professional fund raiser, fund raising counsel or commercial co-venturer before he has a written contract with the charitable...
• 173-b - Professional Solicitor.
  1. Registration required. No person shall act as a professional solicitor in the employ of a professional fund raiser required to register pursuant to section...
• 173-c - Non-Resident Professional Fund Raisers, Fund Raising Counsel, Professional Solicitors and Commercial Co-Venturers; Designation of Secretary of State a
  173-c. Non-resident professional fund raisers, fund raising counsel, professional solicitors and commercial co-venturers; designation of secretary of state as agent for service of process; service...
• 174 - Solicitation by Unregistered Charitable Organizations, Professional Fund-Raisers or Commercial Co-Venturers a Fraud Upon the People of the State.
  1. No charitable organization shall employ any professional fund raiser or commercial co-venturer unless and until such fund raiser or commercial co-venturer is registered pursuant...
• 174-a - Contracts With Charitable Organizations.
  1. Whenever a charitable organization contracts with a professional fund raiser or fund raising counsel or commercial co-venturer, the charitable organization shall have the right...
• 174-b - Solicitation.
  1. Any solicitation, by any means, including but not limited to oral solicitation, by or on behalf of a registered charitable organization which is required...
• 174-c - Sales Advertised to Benefit a Charitable Organization.
  All advertising, of every kind and nature, that a sale of goods, services, entertainment or any other thing of value will benefit a charitable organization...
• 174-d - Unauthorized Use of Names When Soliciting or Collecting Contributions.
  1. No person shall, for the purpose of soliciting contributions from persons in this state, use the name of any other person, except that of...
• 175 - Enforcement by Attorney General.
  1. An action for violation of this article may be prosecuted by the attorney general, or his deputy, in the name of the people of...
• 175-a - Application of Article.
  This article shall not be construed to limit or restrict the exercise of the powers or the performance of the duties of the attorney general...
• 175-b - Municipal Option.
  Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prevent any municipality from adopting or enacting any local law, ordinance or regulation imposing more restrictive...
• 176 - Advisory Council.
  The advisory council on charities registration is continued. It shall advise the attorney general and make recommendations with respect to the operation and administration of...
• 177 - Administration and Enforcement by Attorney General.
  1. The attorney general shall make rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this article including, but not limited to regulations and waiver procedures...

Last modified: February 3, 2019