If an organization implies or states that payments for property sold or services rendered by the organization will be used in whole or in part for charitable purposes, the act of selling property or rendering services shall be a solicitation, and all the payments shall be contributions.

Authority: Business Regulation Article, §6-204, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 10, 1978 (5:3 Md. R. 134)

Regulations .01—.04, .11, .14, .16, and .17 amended effective September 9, 1985 (12:18 Md. R. 1764)

Regulation .01L adopted effective March 2, 1992 (19:4 Md. R. 471)

Regulation .03 amended effective October 3, 1988 (15:20 Md. R. 2332)

Regulation .04D amended effective October 3, 1988 (15:20 Md. R. 2332)

Regulation .04E amended effective October 3, 1988 (15:20 Md. R. 2332)

Regulation .05 repealed effective September 9, 1985 (12:18 Md. R. 1764)

Regulation .09 amended effective October 3, 1988 (15:20 Md. R. 2332)

Regulation .10 amended effective October 3, 1988 (15:20 Md. R. 2332)

Regulation .14 repealed effective April 11, 1994 (21:7 Md. R. 529)

Regulation .17 repealed effective April 11, 1994 (21:7 Md. R. 529)

Regulation .17A amended effective February 15, 1982 (9:3 Md. R. 220)

Regulation .18 repealed effective September 9, 1985 (12:18 Md. R. 1764)

Regulation .19G adopted effective September 8, 1986 (13:18 Md. R. 2018)

Regulation .20 adopted and existing Regulation .20 renumbered as Regulation .21 effective May 5, 1986 (13:9 Md. R. 1023)

Regulation .20 amended effective September 8, 1986 (13:18 Md. R. 2018)

Regulation .20-1 adopted effective March 2, 1992 (19:4 Md. R. 471)

Chapter revised effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2059)

Regulation .01 amended effective August 8, 2022 (49:16 Md. R. 757)

Regulation .02D adopted effective August 8, 2022 (49:16 Md. R. 757)

Regulation .03 amended effective August 8, 2022 (49:16 Md. R. 757)

Regulation .03D amended effective June 6, 2016 (43:11 Md. R. 633)

Regulation .10 amended effective August 8, 2022 (49:16 Md. R. 757)

Regulation .19 amended effective August 8, 2022 (49:16 Md. R. 757)

Regulation .20-1 amended effective August 8, 2022 (49:16 Md. R. 757)

Regulation .20-1A amended effective September 12, 2016 (43:18 Md. R. 1017)

Regulation .22 adopted effective January 19, 2026 (53:1 Md. R. 20)