Change log
Every database migration applied to CharityFile, and changes to the fees, deadlines, exemptions, penalties and other state facts in our database, with the date of each. The database writes each fact entry itself and refuses a change that does not name who made it. It also refuses to edit or delete an entry, so a correction always appears as a new entry.
See /coverage for the share of rows whose quote we found in its source and the oldest review per jurisdiction, /api/quality for the machine-readable JSON snapshot, the RSS feed of the newest 200 entries, or the CSV export of every entry.
244 database migrations since Apr 24, 2026, and 1115 fact changes since Sep 9, 2026.
Fact changes
Sep 23, 2026
- Sep 23, 2026MD penalty: short label Maryland (§6-205(f) civil $5,000 willful / $3,000 grossly negligent; §6-619 willful misdemeanor $5,000 / 1 year) → Maryland (misdemeanor: for a willful violation, a fine up to $5,000, imprisonment up to 1 year, or both; for a grossly negligent violation, a fine up to $3,000, restitution, or both, per § 6-619); source cite Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. §6-619(a) → Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. § 6-619; source quote replacedMade by: CharityFile operator
Sep 15, 2026
- Sep 15, 2026MD penalty: source cite Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. §§6-205(f), 6-619 → Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. §6-619(a)Made by: not recorded
Sep 14, 2026
- Sep 14, 2026MD penalty: mechanism $5,000 per violation civil + $5K/1yr misdemeanor for willful + $3K misdemeanor for grossly negligent → §6-205(f) civil not more than $5,000 willful / $3,000 grossly negligent per violation; §6-619 willful misdemeanor; description Maryland imposes both civil and criminal penalties under Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. §§6-618 and 6-619. Civil penalties up to $5,000 per violation for soliciting without registration. Willful violations are misdemeanors with up to $5,000 fine or 1 year imprisonment (or both). Grossly negligent violations are misdemeanors with up to $3,000 fine plus potential restitution. SOS may also seek injunctive relief and revoke registration. → Civil suit is the Attorney General under §6-205(f): injunction, not more than $5,000 for each willful violation, not more than $3,000 for each grossly negligent violation, and refunds. §6-618 is a prize-notification prohibition, not the civil owner. Criminal is §6-619: a person who commits a willful violation, or who causes a person to commit one, is guilty of a misdemeanor, fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.; short label Maryland ($5,000 per violation civil + $5K/1yr misdemeanor for willful) → Maryland (§6-205(f) civil $5,000 willful / $3,000 grossly negligent; §6-619 willful misdemeanor $5,000 / 1 year); source url https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2018/business-regulation/title-6/subtitle-6/section-6-619/ → https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Statute_Web/gbr/6-619.pdf; source cite Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. §§6-618, 6-619 → Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. §§6-205(f), 6-619; criminal scope organization → both; source quote replacedMade by: not recorded
Fact entries record changes to fees, deadlines, exemptions, penalties, required attachments, agencies, audit thresholds, deadline extensions and conditional duties, including changes made directly in the database. A fee, deadline, exemption or deadline extension entry shows the source quote and link of its row, or says what the entry did not record. Migration entries record every migration applied to the production database. This page shows every entry. The database refuses to edit or delete an entry of either kind. “Made by: not recorded” marks an entry from before we recorded who made each change.