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8-6-3
Section 8-6-3 Registration and bonds of dealers, agents, investment advisers, etc. (a) It is
unlawful for any person to transact business in this state as a dealer or agent for securities
unless he or she is registered under this article. It is unlawful for any dealer or issuer
to employ an agent unless the agent is registered. (b) It is unlawful for any person to transact
business in this state as an investment adviser or as an investment adviser representative
unless: (1) He or she is so registered under this article; (2) His or her only clients in
this state are investment companies as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, other
investment advisers, broker-dealers, banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations,
insurance companies, employee benefit plans with assets of not less than $1,000,000, and governmental
agencies or instrumentalities, whether acting for themselves or as trustees with investment
control, or other institutional investors as are designated by...
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8-6-2
Section 8-6-2 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) COMMISSION or SECURITIES COMMISSION. The securities commission. (2) AGENT. Any individual
other than a dealer who represents a dealer or issuer in effecting or attempting to effect
sales of securities, but such term does not include an individual who represents an issuer
in: a. Effecting a transaction in a security exempted by subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4),
(9) or (10) of Section 8-6-10; b. Effecting transactions exempted by Section 8-6-11; or c.
Effecting transactions with existing employees, partners, or directors of the issuer if no
commission or other remuneration is paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting any
person in this state. A partner, officer, or director of a dealer or issuer is an agent if
he otherwise comes within this definition. (3) DEALER. Any person engaged in the...
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8-19A-4
Section 8-19A-4 Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) A person engaging
in commercial telephone solicitation where the solicitation is an isolated transaction and
not done in the course of a pattern of repeated transactions of like nature. (2) A person
making calls for religious, charitable, political, educational, or other noncommercial purposes
or a person soliciting for a nonprofit corporation if that corporation is properly registered
with the Secretary of State and is included within the exemption of the Alabama Revenue Code
or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or rural electric cooperatives formed under
Chapter 6 of Title 37 of the Code of Alabama or affiliates or subsidiaries thereof. (3) A
person soliciting: a. Without the intent to complete or obtain provisional acceptance of a
sale during the telephone solicitation. b. Who does not make the major sales presentation
during the telephone solicitation. c. Without the intent to complete, and...
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8-6-18
Section 8-6-18 Criminal penalties for violations of article; enforcement; scienter. (a) A person
who willfully violates Section 8-6-3 or Section 8-6-4, upon conviction, shall be guilty of
a Class C felony. A person that willfully violates subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section
8-6-17, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class B felony. The limitations period for any
prosecution under this section does not commence or begin to accrue until the discovery of
the facts constituting the deception, after which the prosecution shall be commenced within
five years. (b) A person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, other than
those noted in subsection (a), or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (c) The enforcement of the provisions
of this article shall be vested in the commission. It shall be the duty of the commission
to see that its provisions are at all times obeyed and to take such measures and to...
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8-6-19
Section 8-6-19 Civil liabilities of sellers, agents, etc.; remedies of purchasers. (a) Any
person who: (1) Sells or offers to sell a security in violation of any provision of this article
or of any rule or order imposed under this article or of any condition imposed under this
article, or (2) Sells or offers to sell a security by means of any untrue statement of a material
fact or any omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made,
in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the buyer not
knowing of the untruth or omission, and who does not sustain the burden of proof that he did
not know and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known of the untruth or omission,
is liable to the person buying the security from him who may bring an action to recover the
consideration paid for the security, together with interest at six percent per year from the
date of payment, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees,...
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8-6-17
Section 8-6-17 Prohibited acts regarding offer, sale, or purchase of securities. (a) It is
unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of any security,
directly or indirectly, to: (1) Employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; (2) Make
any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading; or (3) Engage in any act, practice or course of business which operates or
would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. (b) It is unlawful for any person who
receives, directly or indirectly, any consideration from another person for advising the other
person as to the value of securities or their purchase or sale, whether through the issuance
of analyses or reports or otherwise, (1) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud
the other person, (2) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business...
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8-6-8
Section 8-6-8 Registration of securities - Registration statement; conditions precedent; bond;
notice of action; fees; quarterly reports and financial statements; discharge from supervision.
(a) A registration statement on securities may be filed by the issuer, any other person on
whose behalf the offering is to be made, or a registered dealer. Any document filed under
this article within five years preceding the filing of a registration statement may be incorporated
by reference in the registration statement to the extent that the document is currently accurate.
The commission may permit, by rule or otherwise, the omission of any item of information or
document from any registration statement. (b) The Securities Commission may require as a condition
of registration by qualification or coordination that: (1) proceeds from the sale of the registered
security be impounded until the issuer receives a specified amount, or (2) any security issued
within the past three years, or to be...
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8-6-11
Section 8-6-11 Registration of securities - Exempt transactions. (a) Except as hereinafter
in this section expressly provided, Sections 8-6-3 through 8-6-9 shall not apply to any of
the following transactions: (1) Any isolated nonissuer transaction, whether effected through
a dealer or not; (2) Any nonissuer transaction in an outstanding security by a registered
dealer if: a. The issuer has a class of securities subject to registration under Section 12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and has been subject to the reporting requirements
of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for not less than 180 days
before the transaction; or has filed and maintained with the commission for not less than
180 days before the transaction information, in such form as the commission, by rule, specifies,
substantially comparable to the information which the issuer would be required to file under
Section 12(b) or Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the...
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8-6-140
Section 8-6-140 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words have the
following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: (1) BENEFICIARY FORM. A registration
of a security which indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner
regarding the person who will become the owner of the security upon the death of the owner.
(2) DEVISEE. Any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal
property. (3) HEIRS. Those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under
the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. (4) PERSON. An individual,
a corporation, an organization, or other legal entity. (5) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. Includes
executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons
who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. (6) PROPERTY.
Includes both real and personal property or any interest therein...
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8-6-10
Section 8-6-10 Registration of securities - Exempt securities. Sections 8-6-4 through 8-6-9
shall not apply to any of the following securities: (1) Any security, including a revenue
obligation, issued or guaranteed by the United States, any state, any political subdivision
of a state, any agency, corporate, or other instrumentality of one or more of the foregoing;
or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing. (2) Any security issued or guaranteed
by Canada, any Canadian province, any political subdivision of any province, any agency, corporate,
or other instrumentality of one or more of the foregoing or any other foreign government with
which the United States currently maintains diplomatic relations if the security is recognized
as a valid obligation by the issuer or guarantor. (3) Any security issued by and representing
an interest in or a debt of, or guaranteed by, any bank organized under the laws of the United
States or any bank, savings institution, or trust company...
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