# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 6. Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives

### Subtitle 5A. Public Safety Solicitors

#### Section 6-5A-10

(a) A person that engages in soliciting public safety contributions without prior application for registration as a public safety solicitor is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding 10 times the value of the total amount of funds improperly solicited or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.

(b) A person convicted of a violation of this section may:

  (1) be prohibited from acting as a public safety solicitor for a period up to 10 years beginning on the date of the conviction; and

  (2) be ordered to refund all improperly solicited public safety contributions to the donors who made such contributions.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)