California · Penal Code
PEN §532d: (a) Any person who solicits or attempts to solicit or receives money or property of any kind for a charitable, religious or eleemosynary purpose and who, directly or indirectly, makes, utters, or deli
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A person who solicits money for charity while making false statements about the charity's purpose, solicitation costs, or use of funds—knowingly or negligently—commits a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year jail and/or $5,000 fine.
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