Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
041 - OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION (OPOR)
Chapter 1 - REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Section 041-1-1 - Registration of Charitable Organizations, Professional Solicitors, Professional Fund-raising Counsel, and Commercial Co-venturers

A. Registration applications are available from the Office. Renewal forms will be mailed to the registrant at its last known address at least 30 days in advance of the expiration date of the current registration.

B. A parent organization that files a consolidated registration statement for its affiliates, chapters, and branches shall list on the registration statement (or on an attached sheet) the name and address of each affiliate, chapter, and branch on behalf of which it is filing.

C. Each professional solicitor, professional fund-raising counsel, and commercial co-venturer is required to submit with the application a surety bond, whose expiration date shall not be earlier than November 30th of the following year and whose limit shall be not less than $25,000.

D. Each charitable organization, professional solicitor, professional fund-raising counsel and commercial co-venturer shall file, by September 30th of each year, the annual fundraising activity report required by 9 M.R.S.A. §§5005-B(1) and 5008(3-A) for the preceding calendar year. A registrant who fails to file the report is subject to disciplinary action and may be ineligible for renewal.

E. All renewal applications shall be filed no later than November 30 of each year and shall be accompanied by the registration fee established in Chapter 10, Section 10 of the rules of the Office.