Change log

AZ penalty: risk class unclassified → felony; grade quote added; grade source url none → https://www.azleg.gov/ars/44/06561.htm; grade source cite none → A.R.S. § 44-6561(B), (C)

AZ penalty: risk class felony → unclassified

AZ penalty: mechanism Civil $1K/violation + Class 6 felony (contracted fundraiser); AG Consumer Fraud Act $10K willful → Civil $1,000 per violation (in lieu of § 44-1531 for § 44-6561(A) acts) + class 6 felony (contracted fund raiser) / class 1 misdemeanor (independent solicitor); § 44-1531 $10,000 per wilful violation for other Consumer Fraud Act violations; description Arizona AG Consumer Protection enforces narrow remaining solicitation provisions per A.R.S. § 44-6561 — civil penalty up to $1,000 per violation, plus Class 6 FELONY for contracted fundraiser violations and Class 1 misdemeanor for independent solicitors. AZ joins Colorado, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Maine, Mississippi, and North Dakota as the 9th audited state with felony classification (NARROW SCOPE: applies only to paid solicitors, not 501(c)(3) charities themselves, since AZ eliminated general charity registration in 2013 via HB 2457). Even without registration, charity fraud is independently prosecutable under the AZ Consumer Fraud Act (A.R.S. § 44-1522 + Title 44 Ch. 10 Art. 7) with civil penalties up to $10,000 per willful violation. → A.R.S. § 44-6561: the Attorney General may recover a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation from any person, a charitable organization included, that commits an act proscribed by § 44-6561(A); for those acts that penalty is in lieu of the § 44-1531 penalty. The criminal classifications reach paid solicitors only: a contracted fund raiser who knowingly commits such an act is guilty of a class 6 felony, an independent solicitor of a class 1 misdemeanor. Arizona repealed its general charity registration in 2013. Other consumer fraud (A.R.S. § 44-1522) carries a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per wilful violation under § 44-1531.; short label Arizona (Class 6 FELONY for contracted fundraiser violations + $1K civil per § 44-6561; AG Consumer Fraud Act $10K per willful violation per § 44-1522) → Arizona ($1,000 civil per violation under § 44-6561; class 6 felony for contracted fund raisers; $10,000 per wilful violation under § 44-1531 for other consumer fraud); source cite A.R.S. § 44-6561 + § 44-1522 → A.R.S. § 44-6561 + § 44-1531