(a) A charitable organization may not solicit contributions of money or other property unless the charitable organization is registered with the Department of Law.

(b) A person may not solicit contributions of money or other property for a charitable organization for compensation unless the person is registered with the department.

(c) To register under this section, a charitable organization or paid solicitor shall file with the department

(1) a registration statement on a form or in a format provided and established by the department by regulation; and

(2) in the case of a paid solicitor, a bond in the amount and under the conditions established by the department by regulation.

(d) Registration under this section expires on September 1 of each year. To renew a registration, a charitable organization or paid solicitor shall file with the department a registration renewal statement established by the department by regulation and, in the case of a paid solicitor, evidence that a bond that satisfies (c)(2) of this section will be in effect for the renewal period.

(e) A person who is required to register under this section shall report to the department a material change in the information provided in the registration statement or registration renewal statement filed under this section. The person shall report the change within seven days after the change occurs.

(f) The department may require the registration and registration renewal statement required under (c)(1) and (d) of this section to be submitted

(1) under oath or affirmation; or

(2) with notice that false statements made in the statement are punishable as unsworn falsification in the second degree under AS 11.56.210.

(g) A person may not knowingly provide false statements in documents required by this chapter, including a

(1) registration statement;

(2) registration renewal statement;

(3) report of material change in information required in the registration statement; or

(4) financial report by a paid solicitor.