Permits & Licenses

RAFFLE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS & APPLICATION

Raffle Permit Application

Make sure you have read and understand the Requirements/Restrictions below.

Documentation Needed:

• $50 Fee per Raffle
• Sworn statement attesting to the non-profit character of organization signed by the presiding Officer and Secretary.
• List of current Officers with their addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers and date of birth.

Requirements (Along with the application and the above mentioned documentation, please submit a letter to the City Manager’s Office acknowledging the following requirements.)

General Provisions: (Excerpts from Ordinance 28-0-82)

• The entire net proceeds of any raffle must be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct that raffle.
• No person except a bona fide member of the sponsoring organization may participate in the management of operation of the raffle.
• No person may receive any remuneration or profit for participating in the management or operation of the raffle.
• A licensee may rent premises on which to determine the winning chance or chances in a raffle only from: (1) an organization which is also licensed under this chapter; or (2) a non-profit corporation or organization approved in the license; or (3) a commercial entity approved in the license, but only if no rent or other charge is made for the renting of the premises above the lowest rates that are being charged by the entity for use of the same space.
• Raffle chances may be sold or issued only within the area specified in the license, and winning chances may be determined only at those locations specified in the license.
• No person under the age of eighteen (18) years may participate in the conducting of raffles or chances. A person under the age of eighteen (18) years may be within the area when winning chances are being determined only when accompanied by his parent or guardian.
• Gross receipts from the operation of Raffle Programs shall be segregated from other revenues of the organization, including bingo gross receipts, if licensed bingo games are also conducted by the same non-profit organization, and placed in a separate account. Each organization shall have separate records of its raffles. The person who accounts for gross receipts, expenses, and net proceeds from the operation of raffles shall not be the same person who accounts for other
  revenues of the organization.
• The City Manager may invoke or suspend any license issued by the City under this Chapter if he determines that the licensee has violated any provision of this Chapter or of law. Within five (5) days after such hearing, if the City Manger determines that the license shall be revoked or suspended, he shall state the reason or reasons for such determination in a written order for revocation or suspension and shall serve a copy of such order within five (5) days upon the license.