---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1280.26"
title: "36"
number: "1280.26"
heading: "Soliciting, vending, and debt collecting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1280.26"
---

# §1280.26. Soliciting, vending, and debt collecting.

- (a) On NARA property or in NARA facilities, you may not:
  - (1) Solicit for personal, charitable, or commercial causes;
  - (2) Sell any products;
  - (3) Display or distribute commercial advertising; or
  - (4) **Collect private debts.**
- (b) **The following activities are exceptions to the prohibitions in subsection (a)—**
  - (1) Participating in national or local drives for welfare, health, or other funds that the Office of Personnel Management authorizes or that NARA approves (e.g., the Combined Federal Campaign);
  - (2) Employees collecting non-monetary items such as food, clothing, or toys, as approved by the Archivist or his/her designee;
  - (3) Authorized employee organizations, including employee affinity groups, soliciting for membership dues or other organizational support, as approved by the Archivist or his/her designee; and
  - (4) Authorized charitable support organizations, like the National Archives Foundation or a Presidential library foundation (e.g., the museum store at the National Archives Building), conducting revenue-producing activities.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2102 notes, 2104(a), 2112, 2903.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 26851, May 6, 2020, unless otherwise noted.