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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0005\">5<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0794\">794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81700,"section_number":"6.2-1017","catch_line":"Procedure for granting or denying certificate","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-1017\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":263777,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71728,"identifier":"6.2-1021","token":"6.2\/II\/10\/2\/6.2-1021","url":"\/6.2-1021\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1021\/","token":"6.2\/II\/10\/2\/6.2-1021","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissions or fees for sale of stock not permitted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1021","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall not <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a certificate of authority to a <span class=\"dictionary\">trust company<\/span> if any <span class=\"dictionary\">commissions<\/span>, fees, brokerage, or other compensation by whatever name have been paid or contracted to be paid by the <span class=\"dictionary\">trust company<\/span>, or by anyone in its behalf, directly or indirectly, to any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> for the sale of stock in such <span class=\"dictionary\">trust company<\/span>. 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Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a trust company\nthat has been issued a certificate of authority and is conducting operations\nfrom paying or contracting to pay such commissions or fees in connection with\nthe issue or reissue of shares of stock of the trust company.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 5, \u00a7 6.1-32.18:2; 2010, c. 794.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}