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Texas charitable solicitation registration: only for a few categories

Nothing to file for most charities. Texas registers only public safety organizations and their solicitors, veterans organizations that use solicitors, and law enforcement related organizations.

When: With no fixed date.
Agency: Texas Secretary of State and Attorney General
Applies to: Nonprofits asking the public for donations in Texas.
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us, read October 22, 2026

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Texas has no general charitable solicitation registration. The three categories that register are public safety organizations, veterans organizations that use paid solicitors, and law enforcement related organizations, with the Secretary of State or the Attorney General. Every other charity asking Texans for money files nothing with the state for that purpose, though it still files its Form 990 and holds its franchise tax exemption.

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