Raffle Licenses
Raffle License Application Adopted January 9, 2008
- Each application is valid for one raffle type only. For example, if you wish to regularly conduct a 50/50 raffle at your monthly membership meeting and have an annual fundraising raffle you will need to fill out two (2) raffle license applications.
- A raffle license shall only be issued to a religious, charitable, labor, non-profit business, fraternal, educational, veterans organization which operate without profit and have been in existence continuously for five years, or to a non-profit fundraising organization that the licensing authority (County Board) determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an individual or group suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident, or disaster. The five-year rule mentioned above does not apply under these circumstances.
- All raffles require approval of the raffle managers of the County Board or the full Board if the prize is over $10,000.00. In which case the application must be presented in person to the Administration and Legislation Committee.
- Applications should be delivered to the office of the Boone County Clerk, 1212 Logan Avenue, Suite 103, Belvidere.
- A Fidelity Bond, with the seal of a notary public, must accompany each raffle application. The Fidelity Bond requires two signatures by officers
- A fee of $20.00 shall be collected from the applicant, with checks payable to the Boone County Treasurer.
- Each individual license shall be valid for no longer than one (1) year from the date of approval by the Boone County Board.