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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57975</law_id><section_number>13.1-506</section_number><catch_line>Revocation of registration</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-505</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Securities Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Brokers-Dealers, Investment Advisors, Investment Advisor Representatives and Agents</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Commission may, by <span class="dictionary">order</span> entered after a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> on notice duly served on the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> not less than thirty days before the date of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, revoke the registration of a broker-dealer, investment advisor, investment advisor representative or agent, or refuse to renew a registration if an application for renewal has been or is to be filed, if it finds that such an <span class="dictionary">order</span> is in the public interest and that such broker-dealer, investment advisor or any partner, officer or director of such broker-dealer or investment advisor, or any person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by such broker-dealer or investment advisor or that such agent or investment advisor representative:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Has engaged in any fraudulent transaction; <a id="paragraph-212346" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-506/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Is insolvent, or in danger of becoming insolvent, either in the sense that his liabilities exceed his <span class="dictionary">assets</span> or in the sense that he cannot meet his obligations as they mature; <a id="paragraph-212347" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-506/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Is a person for whom a conservator or guardian has been appointed and is acting; <a id="paragraph-212348" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-506/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Has been convicted, within or without this Commonwealth, of any <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> involving a security or any aspect of the securities or investment advisory business or any <span class="dictionary">felony</span>; <a id="paragraph-212349" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-506/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Has failed to furnish information or records requested by the Commission concerning his conduct of the securities or investment advisory business; or <a id="paragraph-212350" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-506/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> [Repealed.] <a id="paragraph-212351" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-506/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Has failed to conduct his securities or investment advisory business in accordance with the rules of the Commission. <a id="paragraph-212352" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-506/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1956, c. 428; 1974, c. 479; 1981, c. 244; 1987, c. 678; 1997, c. 921.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
