The following links are in alphabetical order by state. To the extent possible, we have included regulatory links for each state, including: advisory publications, past AG opinions, filing requirements, etc.

 

AG – Consumer Charities: http://www.ago.state.al.us/consumer_charities.cfm

Search Opinions: http://www.ago.state.al.us/opinion_search.cfm

 

AG – Charities and Contributions: http://www.law.state.ak.us/department/civil/consumer/cp_charities.html#p_tips

To search opinions: http://www.law.state.ak.us/doclibrary/opinions_index.html

 

Secretary of State – Charitable Organizations Division: http://www.azsos.gov/business_services/Charities/Default.htm

 

AG Consumer Protection – Charitable Registration: http://www.ag.state.ar.us/consumers_protection_charitable_registration.html

Searchable Opinions: http://www.arkansas.gov/ag/opinions/

 

AG – Charities Division: http://ag.ca.gov/charities/index.php

Publications – click to “Charities/Nonprofits”: http://ag.ca.gov/publications/index.php#charities

Opinions: http://ag.ca.gov/opinions/

AG – Charitable Giving: http://www.ago.state.co.us/dynamicPage.cfm?cpyID=89

Charitable Solicitations Act: http://www.ago.state.co.us/consprot/consumerlaws/CharSolAct.pdf

Opinions: http://www.ago.state.co.us/ag_opinions.cfm

Secretary of State – Charitable Solicitations Home: http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/bingo_raffles/charitable.htm

 

AG – Charities Information Division: http://www.ct.gov/AG/cwp/browse.asp?a=2074&agNav=|

Annual Opinions: http://www.ct.gov/AG/cwp/view.asp?a=2093&q=284590&agNav=|42249|

 

Department of Finance: Division of Revenue – Information for Fundraisers and Charitable Solicitations: http://revenue.delaware.gov/services/Business_Tax/Fund.shtml

AG - Annual Opinions: http://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/office/opinions/opinions.shtml

Certificate of Incorporation for a Non-Stock Corporation: http://corp.delaware.gov/incnstk.pdf

 

Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Division of Consumer Services – Solicitation of Contributions & Information for Businesses: http://www.800helpfla.com/socbus.html

Information for Consumers: http://www.800helpfla.com/soc.html 

AG – Searchable Opinions: http://myfloridalegal.com/ago.nsf/Opinions

 

Secretary of State – Securities and Business Regulation Division: http://sos.georgia.gov/securities/#

AG Searchable Opinions: http://www.state.ga.us/ago/opinions.html

 

AG – Charity Resources: http://hawaii.gov/ag/charities

Opinions: http://hawaii.gov/ag/main/publications/opinions/

 

AG – Consumer Information: http://www2.state.id.us/ag/consumer/tipsandinfo.htm

Charity Information: http://www2.state.id.us/ag/consumer/tips/CharitableGiving.pdf

Consumer Information – Tips for Charities: http://www2.state.id.us/ag/consumer/tips/charities.htm

About the Charitable Solicitation Act: http://www2.state.id.us/ag/consumer/tips/charitablesolicitationsact.htm

Opinions: http://www2.state.id.us/ag/ops_guide_cert/index.htm

 

AG – Building Better Charities: http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/charities/index.html

Opinions: http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/index.html

 

AG: http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/

AG site for NP: http://www.indianaconsumer.com/consumer_guide/charitable_giving.asp

Opinions: http://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/legal/advisory/opinions.html

 

Secretary of State – Business Services Division: Nonprofit Center: http://www.sos.state.ia.us/business/nonprofits/index.html

AG Opinions: http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/issuing_opinions/index.html

 

Secretary of State – Charitable Organizations: http://www.kssos.org/business/business_charitable.html

AG Opinions: http://www.kscourts.org/ksag/

AG Publications – Charitable Giving Guide: http://www.ksag.org/files/shared/CharitableGivingGuide.pdf

 

AG: http://ag.ky.gov/default.htm

Consumer Protection” Division, the Charities page: http://ag.ky.gov/consumer/charity/default.htm

Search AG opinions and records:http://ag.ky.gov/civil/openrecords.htm

 

AG – Publications – Charity Fraud: http://www.ag.state.la.us/publications/charityfraud.htm

AG – Charitable Registration: http://www.ag.state.la.us/pdfs/charity.pdf

 

Secretary of State – Corporations and Elections Division – Nonprofit Resources: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/corp/NonprofitResources.html

AG Consumer Rights and Charitable Solicitations: http://www.maine.gov/ag/index.php?r=clg&s=chap25

 

Main Page: http://www.oag.state.md.us/index.htm

AG opinions:http://www.oag.state.md.us/Opinions/#top

Search Page: http://www.oag.state.md.us/ZOOMsearch.asp

 

AG – Nonprofits/Charities: http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=2377

Opinions: http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=1019

Secretary of State – Corporations Division: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/corpweb/cornp/npfrm.htm

 

AG Searchable Opinions: http://www.ag.state.mi.us/opinion/op_main.htm

 

AG Charities Division: http://www.ag.state.mn.us/Charities/

Opinions: http://www.ag.state.mn.us/Resources/ResourcesAttGenOpinion.asp

Secretary of State – Nonprofit Corporations: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=181

 

AG Opinions: http://www.mslawyer.com/ag/ag/

Secretary of State – Charities Home Page: http://www.sos.state.ms.us/regenf/charities/charities.asp

 

AG Consumer Programs – Check A Charity: http://ago.mo.gov/checkacharity/

Opinions: http://ago.mo.gov/opinions/

 

AG – Consumer Protection for Nonprofits: http://www.doj.mt.gov/consumer/nonprofit/default.asp

Opinions: http://www.doj.mt.gov/resources/opinions.asp

Secretary of State – Business Forms: http://sos.mt.gov/BSB/Business_Forms.asp

Refers residents to Guidestar – no filing requirement

Nevada

Secretary of State – Elections Division – Nonprofit Corporations Registration: http://sos.state.nv.us/elections/party/pdf/NonProfitCorpRegForm.pdf

AG Opinions: http://ag.state.nv.us/publications/ago/ago.htm

 

New Hampshire

AG – Charitable Trust Unit: http://doj.nh.gov/charitable/index.html

Opinions: http://doj.nh.gov/publications/opinions.html

AG Consumer Affairs – Charities Registration Section: http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/ocp/charities.htm

Secretary of State – Business Division: http://www.nj.gov/njbusiness/start/biztype/nonprofit/

AG – Consumer Protection – Charities: http://www.ago.state.nm.us/divs/cons/charities/charities.htm

Opinions: http://www.ago.state.nm.us/divs/civil/opinions/civil_opinions.htm

 

AG – Charities: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/charities/charities.html

Subject List of Opinions: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/lawyers/opinions/indexsub.html

Secretary of State – Corporations Home: http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/corporations/thepage.aspx

AG Consumer Tips (searchable): http://www.ncdoj.com/consumerprotection/cp_tips.jsp

Opinions: http://www.ncdoj.com/legalservices/lg_legalopinions.jsp

 

Secretary of State – Nonprofit Services: http://www.nd.gov/sos/nonprofit/

AG Opinions: http://www.ag.state.nd.us/Opinions/Opinionsearch.htm

 

AG – Business Services – Charitable Organizations: http://www.ag.state.oh.us/business/charitable.asp

AG – Consumer Protection – Charitable Giving & Complaints: http://www.ag.state.oh.us/citizen/consumer/charitable.asp

Opinions: http://www.ag.state.oh.us/legal/opinions/index.asp

Secretary of State – Business Services – Nonprofits: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/businessservices/nonprof.aspx

 

Oklahoma

AG Opinions: http://www.oag.state.ok.us/oagweb.nsf/opinions.html

Secretary of State – Business Forms – Charity Packet: http://www.sos.state.ok.us/forms/fm0101.pdf

 

Attorney General – Charitable Activities Division: http://www.doj.state.or.us/charigroup/index.shtml

Opinions: http://www.doj.state.or.us/agoffice/index.shtml

Secretary of State – Corporation Division: Nonprofit Services: http://www.filinginoregon.com/business/nonprofit_information.htm 

AG – Consumers: Charitable Trusts and Organizations: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/consumers.aspx?id=227

Secretary of State – Bureau of Charitable Organizations: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/char/site/default.asp

Rhode Island

AG Charitable Trust Unit: http://www.riag.state.ri.us/civil/unit.php?name=charitable

Secretary of State – Public Charities: http://www.scsos.com/charities.htm

AG Opinions: http://www.state.sd.us/attorney/applications/documents/default.asp?docType=3

Secretary of State – Corporations Division (NP forms): http://www.sdsos.gov/busineservices/corporations_forms.shtm#Nonprofit%20Corporations

Secretary of State – Division of Charitable Solicitations and Gaming: http://state.tn.us/sos/charity/index.htm

AG Opinions: http://www.attorneygeneral.state.tn.us/opyear.htm

AG Consumer Protection – Charities and Nonprofits: http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/charitabletrusts.shtml

Opinions: http://www.oag.state.tx.us/opinopen/opinhome.shtml

Secretary of State – Nonprofit Organizations: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/nonprofit_org.shtml

AG Opinions: http://www.attygen.state.ut.us/opinions.html

AG – Charities & Paid Fundraisers: http://www.atg.state.vt.us/display.php?smod=10

Opinions: http://www.atg.state.vt.us/display.php?smod=149

Secretary of State – Nonprofit Center: http://www.sec.state.vt.us/tutor/dobiz/noprof/Nonprofit/nphome.htm

Virginia

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs – Registration/Forms: http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/consumers/registrations.shtml

AG Opinions: http://www.oag.state.va.us/OPINIONS/index.html

AG Opinions: http://www.atg.wa.gov/AGOOpinions/default.aspx

Secretary of State – Charities Division: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/charities/

West Virginia

Secretary of State – Charities Section: http://www.wvsos.com/charity/main.htm

Department of Financial Institutions: http://www.wdfi.org/corporations/forms/corp181forms.htm

AG Opinions: http://www.doj.state.wi.us/ag/opinions/

Secretary of State – Nonprofit Corporations: http://soswy.state.wy.us/corporat/np.htm

AG Formal Opinions: http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/98forma2.htm

AG Advisory Opinions: http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/advisories.htm