Change log

RI penalty: short label Rhode Island (person: first offense up to $1,000 or one year; later up to $5,000) → Rhode Island (misdemeanor for a willful and knowing violation: first offense fine up to $1,000, up to one year, or both; later offenses fine up to $5,000, up to five years, or both); risk class civil → misdemeanor; source quote replaced

RI penalty: source cite R.I. Gen. Laws §5-53.1-14 → R.I. Gen. Laws §5-53.1-15

RI penalty: description Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation may assess administrative fines of up to $1,000 per violation per R.I. Gen. Laws §5-53.1-14(a). Among the lowest civil penalty caps of audited states. DBR may also revoke, suspend, or deny registration of charitable organizations, professional fundraisers, professional solicitors, or fundraising counsel. → A person who violates chapter 5-53.1: first offense a misdemeanor of not more than one thousand dollars or not more than one year, or both; second and subsequent not more than five thousand dollars. DBR may also assess an administrative fine of up to $1,000 per act under § 5-53.1-14(a).; short label Rhode Island ($1,000 admin fine per violation + revocation) → Rhode Island (person: first offense up to $1,000 or one year; later up to $5,000); source url https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-53.1/5-53.1-14.htm → https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-53.1/5-53.1-15.htm; criminal scope none → both; source quote replaced