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Attorney General’s registry to finish online-filing rollout this month, DOJ says
Summary
The Attorney General's Registry of Charities and Fundraisers has rolled out online registration in stages and plans to enable renewals, complaints and other filings online at the end of the month, DOJ staff told lawmakers, which officials said should reduce paper delays and improve communications.
The Department of Justice told a joint legislative hearing that a long-awaited online filing system for charities and fundraisers will complete a staged rollout by the end of the month, allowing nonprofits to submit registrations, renewals, fees and complaints electronically.
"At the end of this month, the registry is planning to go live with its online filing service for all remaining registries programs," said Elizabeth Kim, senior assistant attorney general in the Charitable Trusts section. Kim described earlier steps in the rollout: online platform registration for fundraising platforms after AB 488 in June 2024 and online registrations for new charities in September 2025. She said the final phase will add renewals, delinquency processing, raffles, non-platform professional fundraisers, dissolution forms and complaint handling.
Committee members asked what payments will be required online and how long parallel paper-and-digital operations will continue. Kim said initial registration and renewal fees will be accepted online and that, during transition, paper filing will run in parallel until registrants shift to the online forms. She said the registry will send confirmations and notices via email and expects fewer incomplete filings and fewer bounced-check issues.
What happens next: DOJ said it will communicate the change via its website and direct outreach to charities; committee members requested follow-up analysis about how the new system will change DOJ staffing and workload.
