{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-16-114","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 6-16-114","heading":"Fines - required notification - rules.","body":"(1) (a) Any charitable organization, professional fundraising consultant, or paid solicitor who, after sufficient notification by the secretary of state, fails to properly register, renew a registration, file a financial report required by section 6-16-104 (2)(f), (4)(b), or (5), or file a financial report of a solicitation campaign under this article 16 by the end of the seventh day following the issuance of the final notice, is liable for a fine in an amount to be established by rule promulgated by the secretary of state.\n\n(b) The secretary of state provides sufficient notification under this section if the secretary:\n\n(I) Mails at least two notices by first-class mail to the address of record for the charitable organization, professional fundraising consultant, or paid solicitor; and\n\n(II) If the charitable organization, professional fundraising consultant, or paid solicitor has provided the secretary with an email address, sends at least two notices to that email address.\n\n(c) The fine for filing a registration renewal, financial report required by section 6-16-104 (2)(f), (4)(b), or (5), or solicitation campaign financial report late must not exceed one hundred dollars per year for charities or two hundred dollars per year for paid solicitors; except that a charitable organization that fails to timely renew its registration and fails to file the financial report required by section 6-16-104 (5) is only subject to a single fine for the failure to renew its registration.\n\n(d) The fine for soliciting before registering must not exceed three hundred dollars per year for a charitable organization or one thousand dollars per year for paid solicitors.\n\n(2) If a paid solicitor fails to file a solicitation notice at least fifteen days before commencing a solicitation campaign, the secretary of state shall assess against the paid solicitor, at the time the paid solicitor files the solicitation notice, a fine in an amount established in rules promulgated by the secretary of state.\n\n(3) A fine imposed under this section is in addition to any other filing fee provided by this article.","path":["Title 6 - CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS","Article 16 - Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-06.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"d79b99f33f971fdbce0080e9efaa3b680b0123fd17e4daf097ca1e0aac283101","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-16-113","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-17-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}