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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64262</law_id><section_number>57-52.1</section_number><catch_line>Publication of warnings concerning solicitation by professional solicitors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="57">Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Solicitation of Contributions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> determines that any charitable or <span class="dictionary">civic organization</span> has contracted with a <span class="dictionary">professional solicitor</span> to <span class="dictionary">solicit</span> on its behalf and that the <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">professional solicitor</span> has not registered with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> as required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Registration of professional fund-raising counsels and solicitors" href="/57-61/">57-61</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may, after five days&#x2019; written notice mailed to the charitable or <span class="dictionary">civic organization</span>, cause to be printed on the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x2019;s website and in one or more newspapers published in the Commonwealth a notice on substantially the following form:
		WARNING&#x2014;UNREGISTERED CHARITABLE SOLICTATION BY <span class="dictionary">PROFESSIONAL SOLICITOR</span>
		The charitable or <span class="dictionary">civic organization</span> named below has contracted with a <span class="dictionary">professional solicitor</span> to <span class="dictionary">solicit</span> on its behalf. The <span class="dictionary">professional solicitor</span> has not registered with the Commonwealth of Virginia as required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Contributors are cautioned that their <span class="dictionary">contributions</span> may be used for noncharitable purposes.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 561; 2023, c. 289.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
