                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER STATES; ONLINE FILING (§ 57-50)

A. The Commissioner may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the appropriate
authority of any other state for the purpose of exchanging information with
respect to charitable organizations, professional fund-raising counsel and
professional solicitors. Pursuant to such agreements, the Commissioner may
accept information filed by a charitable organization, professional fund-raising
counsel and professional solicitor with the appropriate authority of another
state in lieu of the information required to be filed in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter, if such information is substantially similar to the
information required under this chapter. The Commissioner may also grant
exemption from the requirement for the filing of [an] annual registration
statement with him to charitable organizations organized under the laws of
another state, having their principal place of business in such other state,
having funds derived principally from sources outside the Commonwealth, and
having been granted exemption from the filing of registration statements by such
other state, if such state has a statute similar in substance to the provisions
of this chapter and participates in a reciprocal agreement pursuant to this
section.

B. The Commissioner may also enter into a memorandum of understanding or other
similar agreement with the appropriate authority of any other state or federal
agency for the purpose of providing charitable organizations, professional
fund-raising counsel or professional solicitors with the option of filing their
annual registration statements online on a website approved by all states that
are parties to the memorandum of understanding. The Commissioner may accept such
online filing in lieu of the information required to be filed in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter if the procedures for online filing provide for
submitting substantially similar information to that required by this chapter.
The information provided by charitable organizations, professional fund-raising
counsel or professional solicitors at the approved website as a result of their
completion of the online registration statement shall be shared with the
appropriate authority of any state or federal agency that is a party to the
memorandum of understanding.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 574; 1979, c. 595; 2005, c. 329.