Texas charity registration recovery

Search the organization’s files for an OAG LETSA record, Secretary of State public-safety or veterans filing, registration number, bond, notice, and agency correspondence. The Texas Attorney General states that most charities are not required to register generally. If no special category applies, there may be no statewide charity-solicitation registration to restore.

Keep entity forfeiture, federal exemption revocation, tax delinquency, and fundraising-category problems separate. They can all be serious, but a Texas nonprofit corporation record is not a charity solicitation registration. Label each official status with its agency, record number, date, and cure route before using the word delinquent.

For a covered campaign, list the law-enforcement organization, public-safety organization, independent promoter, publication, veterans organization, and every solicitor. Record the last registration or renewal, expiration, annual or quarterly report, bond number and term, contracts, fees, and notices for each participant. A current organization record does not repair an expired solicitor record.

Map legal and assumed names, call scripts, beneficiary claims, phone vendors, solicitation addresses, chapters, officers, contribution use, and dates. This evidence determines whether the OAG LETSA form, Form 3201 or 3203, or a Form 3500-series document is the correct cure. Do not mix forms from different acts simply because their titles all mention solicitation.

A LETSA organization uses the OAG registration or renewal statement and applicable $50 fee, with the commercial telephone solicitor’s $50,000 bond handled through the Secretary of State when required. Public-safety organizations or promoters use Form 3201, while solicitors use Form 3203 and the applicable bond. Veterans organization and solicitor records use their respective Form 3500-series registration, bond, annual, and quarterly reports.

Use the notice and agency instructions to identify missing periods and charges. Reconcile current leaders, affiliates, solicitors, contracts, tax status, financial information, beneficiaries, and contribution use before certification. A replacement bond should match the correct principal and category; a bond for one participant or statute does not secure another.

A lapsed special-category record can affect the organization, solicitor, or both. Inventory active calls, texts, scripts, campaigns, landing pages, direct mail, and contractor work while the cure is pending. Obtain record-specific agency or legal guidance where activity decisions depend on the statute and enforcement facts.

Do not tell donors that filing proves legitimacy or state approval. Texas repeatedly states that registration does not imply endorsement. Preserve accurate disclosures, beneficiary authorization, contract controls, and the source of every public-safety, law-enforcement, or veterans representation while the record is being corrected.

Save the starting record, notices, missing-item table, completed forms, reports, bonds, fees, delivery evidence, and agency response. Confirm the OAG registry or Secretary of State filing record when available and retain the accepted copy. A courier receipt, cashed check, or uploaded PDF does not alone prove the participant is current.

Calendar each registration, bond continuation, annual report, quarterly report, contract review, and public-record recheck separately. Assign the organization and every solicitor to named owners. For a charity outside the special categories, preserve the no-general-registration memo and monitor new campaign facts rather than creating an unnecessary filing.