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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 21. Securities And Retail Franchising
Agency 5. State Corporation Commission, Division of Securities And Retail Franchising
Chapter 20. Broker-Dealers, Broker-Dealer Agents and Agents of the Issuer
11/23/2024

21VAC5-20-155. Limited Canadian broker-dealer agent registration.

A. An agent of a Canadian broker-dealer who has no office or other physical presence in the Commonwealth of Virginia may, provided the broker-dealer agent is registered under this section, effect transactions in securities as permitted for a broker-dealer registered under 21VAC5-20-85.

B. Application for registration as a broker-dealer agent under this section shall be filed with the commission at its Division of Securities and Retail Franchising or such other entity designated by the commission on and in full compliance with forms prescribed by the commission and shall include all information required by such forms.

C. An application for registration as a broker-dealer agent under this section shall be deemed incomplete for purposes of applying for registration unless the following executed forms, fee, and information are submitted to the commission:

1. An application in the form required by the jurisdiction in which the broker-dealer maintains its principal place of business.

2. Statutory fee payable to the Treasurer of Virginia in the amount of $40 United States currency pursuant to § 13.1-505 G of the Act.

3. Evidence that the applicant is registered as a broker-dealer agent in the jurisdiction from which it is effecting the transactions.

4. Any other information the commission may require.

D. A broker-dealer agent registered under this section shall:

1. Maintain his provincial or territorial registration in good standing;

2. Immediately notify the commission of any criminal action taken against him or of any finding or sanction imposed on him as a result of any self-regulatory or regulatory action involving fraud, theft, deceit, misrepresentation or similar conduct.

E. A broker-dealer agent's registration under this section, and any renewal thereof, shall expire annually at midnight on the 31st day of December unless renewed in accordance with subsection F of this section.

F. To renew the registrations of its agents, a broker-dealer registered under this section shall file with the commission at its division the most recent renewal application, if any, filed in the jurisdiction in which the broker-dealer maintains its principal place of business, or if no such renewal application is required, the most recent application filed pursuant to subdivision C 1 of this section along with the statutory fee in the amount of $40 United States currency pursuant to § 13.1-505 G of the Act.

G. A Canadian broker-dealer agent registered under this section and acting in accordance with the limitations set out in this section is exempt from all other rules applicable to a broker-dealer agent except the anti-fraud provisions of the Act and the requirements set out in this section.

Statutory Authority

§§ 12.1-13 and 13.1-523.1 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 17, Issue 20, eff. July 1, 2001; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2003; Volume 31, Issue 25, eff. July 31, 2015; Volume 31, Issue 25, eff. July 31, 2015; Volume 34, Issue 9, eff. December 1, 2017.

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