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As of 2026-07-22 · verified against primary sources

Louisiana charitable solicitation registration: requirements, fees, and deadlines

RegistrationConditional
AgencyLouisiana Department of Justice — Consumer Protection Section
Initial fee—
Renewal fee$25
Renewal / report due—

Who must register

Louisiana's registration requirement is conditional — whether it applies depends on facts about your organization (see the citation below). A free scan shows how it reads for your charity.

LAC 16:III.515.B (charity 'utilizing a professional solicitor' must annually register, $25, 10 days before soliciting) + La. R.S. 51:1901.1 (solicitor-side r… · official source

How to register in Louisiana

  1. 01Louisiana requires charity registration only when you use a professional solicitor: register annually with the Consumer Protection Section of the Louisiana Department of Justice, with the $25 fee, at least 10 days before soliciting — by the AG's online portal or mail. A charity that raises entirely through its own salaried staff and volunteers has no registration duty (that's a negative inference — no statute or rule imposes one, and the AG's pages address only solicitor registration — but no official statement affirms it either).LAC 16:III.515.B (unfair trade practice for a charity utilizing a professional solicitor to fail to annually register and submit the $25 fee at least 10 days…
  2. 02Renewal is the same annual $25 registration with the Consumer Protection Section for as long as a professional solicitor is engaged. The solicitor registers separately at $150 a year, with a $25,000 bond when handling funds. 'Professional solicitor' means anyone soliciting for financial consideration on a charity's behalf — but salaried officers and employees of a charity with a permanent Louisiana establishment are excluded, so in-house fundraisers don't trigger the duty. Counsel flag: § 51:1901(6)'s salaried-staff exclusion applies only to a charity maintaining a permanent establishment within Louisiana, AND interstate solicitations into Louisiana are deemed professional solicitation — an out-of-state charity's own paid staff soliciting into LA may count as professional solicitors, so the 'in-house fundraisers do not trigger the duty' takeaway holds cleanly only for charities with a permanent LA establishment. A salaried employee soliciting for more than one organization for a fee is likewise deemed a professional solicitor.LAC 16:III.515.B (annual registration); La. R.S. 51:1901.1 (solicitor registration, $150/yr, $25,000 bond when handling funds); R.S. 51:1901 (professional-so…

Exemptions we check for

The state, not Steadworthy, decides whether an exemption applies.

If you use a paid fundraiser

The professional solicitor IS the trigger in Louisiana — the charity-side registration duty exists only while one is engaged, making this the purest fundraiser-triggered regime in the country. In-house salaried staff of a charity with a permanent Louisiana establishment don't count as professional solicitors. Counsel flag: § 51:1901(6)'s salaried-staff exclusion applies only to a charity maintaining a permanent establishment within Louisiana, AND interstate solicitations into Louisiana are deemed professional solicitation — an out-of-state charity's own paid staff soliciting into LA may count as professional solicitors, so the 'in-house fundraisers do not trigger the duty' takeaway holds cleanly only for charities with a permanent LA establishment. A salaried employee soliciting for more than one organization for a fee is likewise deemed a professional solicitor.

LAC 16:III.515.B (charity duty attaches to utilizing a professional solicitor); La. R.S. 51:1901 (definition; salaried in-state officers/employees excluded).

If you haven't registered yet

Louisiana enforces through its unfair-trade-practices law: a charity that uses a professional solicitor without registering commits an unfair trade practice under LAC 16:III.515.B, which puts the AG's consumer-protection remedies in play. The exemption from registration never lifts the anti-fraud rules.

LAC 16:III.515.B (failure to register while utilizing a professional solicitor is an unfair trade practice, enforced by the Consumer Protection Section, LA D… · how to get current, calmly

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Louisiana registration: common questions

Does a charity need to register to solicit donations in Louisiana?
Louisiana's registration requirement is conditional — whether it applies depends on facts about the organization, such as how it solicits or whether it uses a paid fundraiser. The cited statute on this page sets out the conditions.
Are any charities exempt from registering in Louisiana?
Louisiana recognizes exemptions, and this page lists each one we check for with its statutory citation. The state, not a third party, decides whether an exemption applies.

Related: registration fees by state · renewal deadlines by state · exemptions · all state registration requirements

Nearby states

Fundraising rarely stops at a border — where Louisiana charities also commonly solicit:

Citations

Statuses and requirements reflect public records and cited sources as of the dates shown. Informational, not legal advice.