2012 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 7-A - (171-A - 177) SOLICITATION AND COLLECTION OF FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
174-D - Unauthorized use of names when soliciting or collecting contributions.

 
    § 174-d. Unauthorized  use  of  names  when  soliciting  or collecting
  contributions.
    1. No person shall, for the purpose of soliciting  contributions  from
  persons  in this state, use the name of any other person, except that of
  an officer, director or trustee of the charitable organization by or for
  which contributions are solicited, without the written consent  of  such
  other person.
    2.  A  person  shall be deemed to have used the name of another person
  for the purpose of soliciting contributions if such latter person's name
  is listed on any stationery, advertisement, brochure  or  correspondence
  in  or  by  which  a  contribution  is  solicited  by  or on behalf of a
  charitable organization  or  his  name  is  listed  or  referred  to  in
  connection  with a request for a contribution as one who has contributed
  to, sponsored or endorsed the charitable organization or its activities.
    3. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the publication  of
  names  of  contributors  without their written consents, in an annual or
  other periodic report  issued  by  a  charitable  organization  for  the
  purpose  of reporting on its operations and affairs to its membership or
  for the purpose of reporting contributions to contributors.
    4. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.