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     309.556 Public disclosure requirements. 

    Subdivision 1.    Identity of organization; percentage of 
 deductibility; description of program.  Prior to orally 
 requesting a contribution or contemporaneously with a written 
 request for a contribution, the following information shall be 
 clearly disclosed: 

    (a) the name and location by city and state of each 
 charitable organization on behalf of which the solicitation is 
 made; 

    (b) the tax deductibility of the contribution; and 

    (c) a description of the charitable program for which the 
 solicitation campaign is being carried out; and, if different, a 
 description of the programs and activities of the organization 
 on whose behalf the solicitation campaign is being carried out.  

    If the solicitation is made by direct personal contact, the 
 required information shall also be disclosed prominently on a 
 written document which shall be exhibited to the person 
 solicited.  If the solicitation is made by radio, television, 
 letter, telephone, or any other means not involving direct 
 personal contact, the required information shall be clearly 
 disclosed in the solicitation. 

    Subd. 2.    Identity of professional fund-raiser.  In 
 addition to the disclosures required by subdivision 1, any 
 professional fund-raiser soliciting contributions in this state 
 shall also disclose the name of the professional fund-raiser as 
 on file with the attorney general and that the solicitation is 
 being conducted by a "professional fund-raiser."  The 
 disclosures required by this subdivision shall be given in the 
 same manner as the disclosures required by subdivision 1. 

    HIST: 1973 c 762 s 12; 1984 c 527 s 1; 1987 c 336 s 39; 1989 c 
 151 s 3; 1995 c 235 s 11 

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