                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCAL ORDINANCES (§ 57-63)

A. The governing body of any city, town or county may by ordinance not
inconsistent with this chapter provide for the regulation and licensing of
charitable or civic organizations soliciting within the city, town or county,
and for penalties for violation thereof, subject to the following limitations:

   1. No local license tax or fee in excess of ten dollars shall be required of
   any charitable organization.

   2. No charitable organization exempt from registration under subdivision A 1,
   A 4, A 6 or A 7 of &#xA7; 57-60 shall be required to be licensed. Any such
   organization may obtain a local license, without payment of any license tax or
   fee, upon compliance with all such requirements of the local ordinance as
   would have been applicable had it been registered with the Commissioner during
   each year in which it obtained an exemption letter under subsection C of
   &#xA7; 57-60.

   3. No charitable organization that has registered with the Commissioner for
   the current and next preceding three years, or exempt for such years under
   &#xA7; 57-50, shall be required to provide any financial information.

   4. No charitable or civic organization that solicits within the Commonwealth
   from a place outside the Commonwealth solely by telephone, telegraph, direct
   mail or advertising in national media, and having no chapter, branch, area or
   office within the Commonwealth, shall be required to be licensed.

   5. No museum that has registered with the Commissioner as required by &#xA7;
   57-49 and that has been granted tax-exempt status under &#xA7; 501(c) (3) of
   the Internal Revenue Code shall be required to comply with the regulation or
   licensing provisions of any local charitable solicitations ordinance.

   6. If a charitable or civic organization shall designate by power of attorney
   filed with the Commissioner one or more persons authorized to sign on its
   behalf, the signature, verification or affirmation of any such persons shall
   be sufficient for all purposes of any local charitable solicitations
   ordinance.

B. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section may provide, inter alia, for
procedures whereby charitable organizations may, for valid reasons, after an
administrative hearing, be denied a local license or whereby a license may be
revoked. Valid reasons for denial or revocation of a local license may be
defined to include, without limitation, the expenditure of charitable assets for
noncharitable purposes, any misrepresentation to the public or to any
prospective donor, and any violation of state or local law. Any charitable
organization which is denied a license may, within fifteen days from the date of
such denial, apply for relief to the circuit court of such city or county or of
the county in which such town is located. If the court is satisfied that the
denial was for any reason erroneous, it shall provide such relief as may be
appropriate.

C. No ordinance, or amendment thereto, adopted pursuant to this section shall be
valid for any calendar year beginning after December 31, 1978, unless, before
September 1 of that year, there shall have been filed with the Commissioner, on
forms to be prescribed by him, information deemed by him to be sufficient for
the purpose of advising charitable or civic organizations of the necessity for
them to be licensed by such city, town or county.

D. No charitable organization shall be required to comply with the provisions of
local ordinances if such organization has registered with the Commissioner or if
such organization is a chapter, branch or affiliate included in the consolidated
report of an organization or federated organization registered with the
Commissioner, except that such charitable organization shall not be exempted
from that portion of any local ordinance that requires such organization to
register its name, the names of its solicitors and the dates and times that they
will be soliciting in the locality.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 574; 1977, c. 401; 1979, cc. 55, 595; 1983, cc. 282, 374;
1985, c. 82; 1998, cc. 104, 232; 2002, c. 85.