§ 6-16-105 — Written confirmation of contribution - disclosures

Colorado § 6-16-105

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 06: Consumer
• Art.: Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act

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(1) A paid
solicitor who makes an oral solicitation by telephone, door-to-door, or otherwise
must furnish to each contributor, prior to collecting or attempting to collect any
contribution, a written confirmation of the expected contribution, which
confirmation shall contain the following information clearly and conspicuously:

(a) The full legal name, address, telephone number, and registration number
of the employer of the individual paid solicitor who directly communicated with the
contributor;

(b) A disclosure that the contribution is not tax-deductible, if such disclosure
is applicable, or, if the solicitor maintains that the contribution is tax-deductible in
whole or in part, the portion of the contribution that the solicitor maintains is tax-deductible;

(c) A disclosure in capital letters of no less than ten-point, bold-faced type
identifying the paid solicitor as a paid solicitor and containing the statement:
Registration by the secretary of state is not an endorsement of either the paid
solicitor or the organization or cause the solicitor represents.;

(d) The address and telephone number of the telephone room or other
location from which the solicitation has been or is being conducted if such
information is different than that which is provided pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
subsection (1); except that this information is not required to be provided if
telephone solicitations are being conducted from more than one location and from
the residences of the individual paid solicitor;

(e) The name, address, telephone number, and registration number of any
charitable organization connected with the solicitation or any organization the
name or symbol of which has been used in aid of or in the course of such
solicitation;

(f) The amount of any expected monetary contribution;

(g) The name and address of the contributor, as well as the date of the
individual solicitation, or spaces where this information may be filled in by the
contributor;

(h) A statement that Colorado residents may obtain copies of registration
and financial documents from the office of the secretary of state, with the website
address for obtaining such documents from the secretary of state.

(2) If the contributor is absent when the contribution is to be collected, the
paid solicitor may comply with subsection (1) of this section by furnishing the
written confirmation in a manner previously agreed upon between said solicitor and
the contributor.

(3) Except for the amount of the expected contribution, a written solicitation
shall contain the same information as is required in subsection (1) of this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 353, � 1, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section R&RE, p. 365, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2001: IP(1), (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), and (1)(e) amended and (1)(h) added, p. 1246, � 4, effective May 9, 2002. L. 2014: IP(1) and (1)(h) amended, (HB 14-1206), ch. 118, p. 421, � 4, effective August 6.