District Of Columbia § 44-1703 - Certificate of Registration — Required; exception.
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§ 44-1703. Certificate of Registration — Required; exception.
44-1703No person shall solicit in the District of Columbia unless he holds a valid certificate of registration authorizing such solicitation.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person making solicitations, including solicitations for educational purposes, solely for a church or a religious corporation or a corporation or an unincorporated association under the supervision and control of any such church or religious corporation; provided, that such church, religious corporation, corporation, or unincorporated association is an organization which has been granted exemption from taxation under the provisions of § 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 501); provided further, that such exemption from the provisions of this chapter shall be in effect only so long as such church, religious corporation, corporation, or unincorporated association shall be exempt from taxation under the provisions of § 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
The provisions of subsection (a) of this section and §§ , , , and shall not apply to any person making solicitations:
Solely for the American National Red Cross; or
Exclusively among the membership of the soliciting agency.
The Council of the District of Columbia may by regulation prescribe the terms and conditions under which solicitations in addition to those enumerated in subsection (b) of this section may be exempted from the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and §§ and ; provided, that no exemption granted under authority of this subsection shall exceed for any calendar year $1,500 in money or property.
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Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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