Registration and reports, required of soliciting organization, fee
Charities that ask people in Missouri for donations must first sign up with the attorney general's office and pay a $15 fee. After signing up, they also have to send in a yearly report within 75 days after their fiscal year ends, plus another $15 fee. Some charities don't have to file the yearly report — like ones that get money through a united fund, ones that raise less than $10,000 a year, or local chapters whose national group files the report and pays all fundraising costs.
407.462. and reports, required of ing organization, fee — form — exceptions. — 1. No shall solicit s in this state, nor employ a to solicit funds in this state, for any , unless it has filed with the office of the an , which shall be and shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the attorney general, except that in existence and soliciting on May 1, 1986, may file such initial registration within one year of May 1, 1986. All initial registrations, and amendments , shall be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars unless the attorney general, by , establishes a different filing fee. Amendments to initial registrations shall be filed as prescribed by the attorney general.
2. In addition to the documents required by 1 of this section, every charitable organization shall, within seventy-five days of the close each of its fiscal years ending after the date on which the charitable organization files its initial registration under subsection 1 of this section, file an . Each annual report shall be sworn to under oath, and shall be in the form and shall be filed in the manner prescribed by the attorney general. Each annual report shall be accompanied by a filing fee of fifteen dollars unless the attorney general, by rule, establishes a different filing fee. The of this subsection shall not apply to:
(1) Any charitable organization which receives an of money from an or , provided such or united fund is complying with all provisions of this section relating to the filing of registrations, amendments to registrations and annual reports;
(2) Any charitable organization which does not actually raise or receive in cash, goods or services valued in excess of the dollar amount established by the attorney general by rule, which amount shall not be less than ten thousand dollars, during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date on which its annual report would otherwise be due under this subsection; or
(3) Any charitable organization which is a of a statewide or charitable organization if all local fund-raising expenses are paid by the statewide or national organization and the statewide or national organization files the annual report required by this subsection.
3. All fees collected this section shall be credited to and deposited in the .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1986 S.B. 685) Effective 5-01-86
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