Exemption from Registration as a Charitable Organization or Professional Fund-Raiser

PURPOSE: This rule is designed to give exempted charitable organizations and professional fund-raisers written positive affirmation that they do not have to register with the Missouri attorney general’s office pursuant to sections 407.453–407.478, RSMo. Additionally, this rule will allow complete information to be maintained by the attorney general’s office as required by section 407.459, RSMo. (1) Every person, as defined in section 407.010, RSMo, who believes s/he may be exempted from registration as a charitable organization or professional fund-raiser under sections 407.453–407.478, RSMo may submit to the attorney general’s office a written request for exemption. In the request s/he shall state the reason or basis on which they claim exemption and shall submit any supporting documents. The attorney general’s office will then provide to each eligible requesting party a letter or certificate of exemption. (2) A written request for exemption may be mailed to the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, Trade Offense Division, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or be delivered by hand to the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, Supreme Court Building, Jefferson City, Missouri. (3) A record of all letters of request for exemptions and letters granting and denying exemption shall be maintained as part of the register of all documents filed, as required by section 407.459, RSMo. These records will be open to public inspection in the same manner provided for other documents which are open for public inspection. (4) Every person, as defined in section 407.010, RSMo, granted a letter or certificate of exemption under this rule shall notify the attorney general’s office of any changes in circumstances which affect, directly or indirectly, information furnished by the person in his/her written request for exemption. The notification shall be no later than the fifteenth day after the day on which the change in circumstances occurred. All the changes in circumstances shall cause the letter or certificate of exemption in effect at the time the changes occur to become null and void as of the fifteenth day after the day on which the changes occurred. No person whose letter or certificate of exemption has become void as provided in this section shall solicit, nor have solicited on his/her behalf by professional fund-raisers, any funds until the person has been granted a new letter or certificate of exemption or has registered in accordance with sections 407.453–407.478, RSMo and the rules promulgated under those sections. AUTHORITY: section 407.145, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed Jan. 9, 1987, effective June 25, 1987. *Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993.