California · Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

WIC §148.3: It shall be unlawful for any association of persons to engage, directly or indirectly, in soliciting donations of salvageable personal property, or in selling salvageable personal property obtained by

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Associations cannot solicit or sell salvageable personal property donations unless they are tax-exempt under specified Revenue and Taxation Code sections.

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It shall be unlawful for any association of persons to engage, directly or indirectly, in soliciting donations of salvageable personal property, or in selling salvageable personal property obtained by soliciting, except an association which is exempt under Section 23701d or 23701f of the Revenue and Taxation Code from any tax imposed by the Bank and Corporations Tax Law.

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