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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 561 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapter 289<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87040,"section_number":"57-61","catch_line":"Registration of professional fund-raising counsels and solicitors","order_by":null,"url":"\/57-61\/"}],"permalink":{"id":251859,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64262,"identifier":"57-52.1","token":"57\/5\/57-52.1","url":"\/57-52.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/57-52.1\/","token":"57\/5\/57-52.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Publication of warnings concerning solicitation by professional solicitors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 57-52.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the Commissioner<\/span> determines that any charitable or civic organization<\/span> has contracted with a professional solicitor<\/span> to solicit<\/span> on its behalf and that the professional solicitor<\/span> may be soliciting or has solicited in the Commonwealth, directly or indirectly, by any means, including, without limitation, by email, by telephone or telegraph, by direct mail, or by advertising in national media, and the professional solicitor<\/span> has not registered with the Commissioner<\/span> as required by \u00a7 57-61<\/a>, the Commissioner<\/span> may, after five days’ written notice mailed to the charitable or civic organization<\/span>, cause to be printed on the Department<\/span>’s website and in one or more newspapers published in the Commonwealth a notice on substantially the following form:\n\t\tWARNING\u2014UNREGISTERED CHARITABLE SOLICTATION BY PROFESSIONAL SOLICITOR<\/span>\n\t\tThe charitable or civic organization<\/span> named below has contracted with a professional solicitor<\/span> to solicit<\/span> on its behalf. The professional solicitor<\/span> has not registered with the Commonwealth of Virginia as required by law<\/span>. Contributors are cautioned that their contributions<\/span> may be used for noncharitable purposes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLICATION OF WARNINGS CONCERNING SOLICITATION BY PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS (\u00a7\n57-52.1)\n\nIf the Commissioner determines that any charitable or civic organization has\ncontracted with a professional solicitor to solicit on its behalf and that the\nprofessional solicitor may be soliciting or has solicited in the Commonwealth,\ndirectly or indirectly, by any means, including, without limitation, by email,\nby telephone or telegraph, by direct mail, or by advertising in national media,\nand the professional solicitor has not registered with the Commissioner as\nrequired by \u00a7 57-61, the Commissioner may, after five days’ written\nnotice mailed to the charitable or civic organization, cause to be printed on\nthe Department’s website and in one or more newspapers published in the\nCommonwealth a notice on substantially the following form:\n\t\tWARNING\u2014UNREGISTERED CHARITABLE SOLICTATION BY PROFESSIONAL SOLICITOR\n\t\tThe charitable or civic organization named below has contracted with a\nprofessional solicitor to solicit on its behalf. The professional solicitor has\nnot registered with the Commonwealth of Virginia as required by law.\nContributors are cautioned that their contributions may be used for\nnoncharitable purposes.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 561; 2023, c. 289.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}