NY Exec L § 173 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 173 - Professional Fund-Raisers, Commercial Co-Venturers and Fund Raising Counsel.

§ 173. Professional  fund-raisers,  commercial  co-venturers  and fund   raising counsel.  1. Registration and bond required. No person shall act   as a professional fund raiser or fund raising counsel  on  behalf  of  a   charitable  organization  required  to  be  registered  pursuant to this   article before registering  with  the  attorney  general  or  after  the   expiration  or cancellation of such registration or any renewal thereof.   Applications for registration and re-registration shall be  in  writing,   under  oath, in the form prescribed by the attorney general and shall be   accompanied by an annual fee in the sum  of  eight  hundred  dollars.  A   professional  fund  raiser  shall at the time of filing each application   for registration or re-registration, file with, and  have  approved  by,   the  attorney  general  a  bond.  In  said  bond, the filer shall be the   principal obligor, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with one or  more   sureties whose liability in the aggregate as such sureties will at least   equal  the  said  sum. The bond which may be in the form of a rider to a   larger blanket liability bond shall run to the attorney general for  the   use  of  the  state  and  to  any  person who may have a cause of action   against the obligor of said bond for any malfeasance or  misfeasance  in   the  conduct  of such solicitation. Registration or re-registration when   effected shall be for a period of one year, expiring one year  from  the   date  of registration or re-registration and may be renewed upon written   application, under penalties for perjury, in the form prescribed by  the   attorney  general  and  the  filing  of  the bond and the fee prescribed   herein  for  each  additional  one   year   period.   Applications   for   registration and re-registration and bonds, when filed with the attorney   general,  shall  become public records of the attorney general. If there   is  any  material  change  in  the  information  provided  in  any  such   application  for  registration  or  re-registration,  the  applicant  or   registrant shall  notify  the  attorney  general,  under  penalties  for   perjury, in writing within twenty days of such change.2.   Books   and  records.  A  professional  fund  raiser,  commercial   co-venturer and fund raising counsel shall maintain accurate and current   books and records of all  activities  conducted  pursuant  to  contracts   required  under  section  one  hundred  seventy-three-a of this article;   which, until at least three years shall have elapsed after  the  end  of   the effective period of the contract to which they relate, shall be kept   in  such person's office available for inspection and examination and/or   audit by the charitable organization and/or attorney general or any duly   authorized representative. Provided, however, that any  such  books  and   records  obtained  by the attorney general shall not be available to the   public  for  inspection.  A   professional   fund   raiser,   commercial   co-venturer  and  fund  raising  counsel  shall,  within seven days of a   request of any charitable organization with  which  it  has  contracted,   provide copies of such records to the charitable organization.3. Violations. Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of this   section is guilty of a misdemeanor.