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§ 13.1-502 Unlawful offers and sales

It shall be unlawful for any person in the offer or sale of any securities, directly or indirectly,

1. To employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud, or

2. To obtain money or property 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 were made, not misleading, or

3. To engage in any transaction, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser.

History

This law was first created in 1956. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 428 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1956 “Acts” aren’t available online.

1956, c. 428.

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