180.180. Amounts deposited pursuant to this section are continuously appropriated to the Attorney General to pay the expenses of the Department of Justice in administering the Charitable Trust and Cor

180.180. Amounts deposited pursuant to this section are continuously appropriated to the Attorney General to pay the expenses of the Department of Justice in administering the Charitable Trust and Corporation Act as established in ORS 128.610 and the Charitable Solicitations Act. [1985 c.729 �20; 1991 c.532 �13]

����� 128.886 False or misleading representations prohibited. (1) No person shall make any false or misleading representations in the course of any solicitation of contributions.

����� (2) A representation may be any manifestation of any assertion by words or conduct, including, but not limited to, a failure to disclose a fact.

����� (3) No person shall have a cause of action under ORS 646.638 for an alleged violation of any provision of this section if the alleged false or misleading representation is made by a volunteer of an organization which is exempt from federal taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and the alleged false or misleading representation is not made at the direction of paid personnel. [1985 c.729 �16; 1989 c.913 �2; 1991 c.532 �14]

����� 128.890 [1959 c.599 �10; repealed by 1967 c.359 �704]

����� 128.891 Prohibited representations; written notice. (1) No solicitation for contributions shall in any way use the fact or requirement of registration, or any filing of any report pursuant to the Charitable Solicitations Act or ORS 128.610 to 128.769, with the intent to cause or in a manner tending to cause any person to believe that such solicitation, the manner in which it is conducted, its purposes, any use to which the proceeds will be applied, or the person or organization conducting it have been or will be in any way indorsed, sanctioned or approved by the Attorney General or any other governmental agency or office.

����� (2) Any written or oral statement made in connection with a solicitation of contributions that the person or organization conducting the solicitation is registered or has filed, will file or is required to file any report with the Attorney General, or any statement of similar import, shall be immediately followed by a statement of equal prominence that such registration or report in no way constitutes or implies any indorsement, sanction or approval of the solicitation, its purposes, the manner in which it is conducted or the person or organization conducting it, by the Attorney General or any other governmental agency or officer. [1985 c.729 �19]

����� 128.893 Use of in-state address. (1) A person may not use an address in this state, including a return address, in a solicitation, or in written material issued in connection with a solicitation, made on behalf of a nonprofit organization unless:

����� (a) The nonprofit organization actually maintains and staffs an office in this state; or

����� (b) The solicitation, or written material issued in connection with a solicitation, discloses:

����� (A) The address of the actual headquarters of the nonprofit organization; and

����� (B) That the address in this state is a mail drop or that the address in this state is solely the address of a mail handling facility.

����� (2) If the disclosures described in subsection (1) of this section are required in a written solicitation, or in written material issued in connection with a solicitation, the disclosures shall be printed immediately proximate to the address in this state and in a location and typeface no less prominent than the address in this state. [2003 c.40 �2]

����� 128.896 [1985 c.730 �13; 1991 c.734 �8; renumbered 128.899 in 1991]

����� 128.898 Short title. ORS 128.801 to 128.898 and 128.995 may be cited as the Charitable Solicitations Act. [1985 c.729 �2]

����� 128.899 [Formerly 128.896; repealed by 2014 c.8 �8]

����� 128.990 [1959 c.639 �3; subsections (2), (3), (4) enacted as 1971 c.589 �18; 1975 c.388 �7; 1981 c.593 �16; 1985 c.729 �21; 1987 c.813 �13; renumbered 97.992 in 2001]

����� 128.991 [1987 c.813 �9; 1993 c.467 �4; 1995 c.325 �3; 2001 c.796 �19; renumbered 97.994 in 2001]

CRIMINAL PENALTIES

����� 128.992 Penalties for ORS 128.610 to 128.769. Filing or assisting in preparing or filing a statement or report required by the Charitable Trust and Corporation Act, ORS 128.610 to 128.769, that is false or fraudulent is a Class A misdemeanor. [1985 c.730 �3]

����� 128.993 Penalty for signing false document. (1) A person commits the crime of signing a false document for filing if the person:

����� (a) Knows the document is false in any material respect; and

����� (b) Signs the document with an intent that the document be delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing under ORS 128.560 to 128.600.

����� (2) Signing a false document for filing is a Class A misdemeanor. [2013 c.158 �14]

����� 128.995 Penalties for ORS 128.801 to 128.898. Violation of ORS 128.802, 128.821 or filing or assisting in preparing or filing a statement or report required by ORS 128.801 to 128.898 that is false or fraudulent is a Class A misdemeanor. [1985 c.729 �24; 1991 c.532 �23]

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