Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-552.7

and address changes.

A. No person shall act as a professional fundraiser for any

charitable organization until the person has first registered with

the Office of the Secretary of State. Applications for

registration, signed and acknowledged by a party duly authorized to

act on behalf of the professional fundraiser, shall state the full

legal name of the professional fundraiser, the street address of the

principal place of business of the professional fundraiser, the full

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legal names and street addresses of the charitable organizations

with which it has entered into contracts or agreements relating to

the solicitation of contributions, and the names of all professional

solicitors employed by the professional fundraiser who will be

involved in the solicitation of contributions for charitable

organizations. The registration form shall also be accompanied by

an annual fee in the amount of Two Hundred Fifteen Dollars

($215.00). The first Fifty Dollars ($50.00) of the fee collected

shall be deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the

State Treasury. One Hundred Eleven Dollars ($111.00) of the fee

shall be deposited to the credit of the Attorney General Charitable

Solicitations Enforcement Revolving Fund and the remaining Fifty-

four Dollars ($54.00) shall be deposited to the credit of the

Secretary of State Charitable Solicitations Revolving Fund.

Registration shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from the

date of filing with the Secretary of State, and may be renewed

annually upon the filing of a renewal application and fee prescribed

herein.

B. No professional fundraiser or solicitor shall engage in the

solicitation of contributions for a charitable organization that is

not registered with the Secretary of State unless the organization

is exempt from registration.

C. Every professional fundraiser registered with the Secretary

of State which shall change its name or the mailing address of its

principal office, or plans to engage in professional fundraising

activities using a name that is not listed on its registration form,

shall at least fifteen (15) days prior to engaging in such

activities file with the Secretary of State a statement executed by

an authorized officer of the organization setting forth its new name

or mailing address and pay a filing fee of Twenty-five Dollars

($25.00). Such fee shall be deposited to the credit of the General

Revenue Fund of the State Treasury.

D. The professional fundraiser shall not employ or retain a

professional solicitor who is not registered pursuant to this act.

E. No professional fundraiser shall solicit any contribution

for a charitable organization without the consent of such

organization.

F. No person shall act as a professional fundraiser if the

officers, directors, or any person with a controlling interest in

the business, or any person the professional fundraiser employs or

retains to solicit charitable contributions or to advise, consult,

plan, or manage the solicitation of any contributions, has been

convicted by a court of any state or the United States of a felony

or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or arising from his or

her conduct in connection with fundraising activities, the

solicitation of any funds, or the use or expenditure of any funds

raised, collected, or received in any fundraising activity.

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G. Any registration form required to be filed under this

section shall be executed by signature, without more, of the person

or persons signing the form, in which case the signature or

signatures shall constitute the affirmation of the signatory, under

penalty of perjury, that the signature is that person’s act and deed

or the act and deed of the organization, and that the facts stated

therein are true.