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title: Title 43, Chapter 17. Charitable Solicitations
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date: 2025
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heading: CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS
title_heading: PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
section_count: 26
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17.md?full=1
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# Title 43, Chapter 17. Charitable Solicitations

Title 43. Professions and Businesses

26 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 43-17-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-1.md
- 43-17-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-2.md
- 43-17-3, Registration of paid solicitors; renewal; financial statements; denial of registration; amendments; contracts; solicitation notices; accounting; deposit of contributions; records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-3.md
- 43-17-3.1, Registration as a solicitor agent; application; denial; renewal; amendments; fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-3.1.md
- 43-17-4, Bonding requirements for registered paid solicitors; deposits in lieu of bond, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-4.md
- 43-17-5, Registration of charitable organizations; service of process; financial statement; tax exemption determination; denial; renewal; amendments; fees; records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-5.md
- 43-17-6, Agreement for charitable sales promotion; final accounting and records of promotions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-6.md
- 43-17-7, Denial, suspension, or revocation of registration; other disciplinary actions; financial statements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-7.md
- 43-17-8, Disclosures required, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-8.md
- 43-17-8.1, Requirements for use of collection receptacles for donations; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-8.1.md
- 43-17-8.2, Requirement for orderly, clean, and sanitary receptacles; notice; penalty for violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-8.2.md
- 43-17-9, Exemptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-9.md
- 43-17-10, Administration of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-10.md
- 43-17-11, Enforcement of chapter; investigations; subpoenas; cooperation with Attorney General, law enforcement, and regulatory agencies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-11.md
- 43-17-12, Prohibited acts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-12.md
- 43-17-13, Penalties; cease and desist orders; injunctions; restitution; appointment and powers of receiver; subpoenas, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-13.md
- 43-17-14, Recovery of damages; class actions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-14.md
- 43-17-15, Venue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-15.md
- 43-17-16, Hearings; notice; powers and orders of the Secretary of State, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-16.md
- 43-17-17, Appeals by petition for review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-17.md
- 43-17-18, Service of process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-18.md
- 43-17-19, Applicability of “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975.”, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-19.md
- 43-17-20, Immunity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-20.md
- 43-17-21, Burden of proof on persons claiming exemption or exception; certified copies; certificate of compliance or noncompliance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-21.md
- 43-17-22, Provisions of chapter govern criminal or civil proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-22.md
- 43-17-23, Violations of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/43-17-23.md