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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71728</law_id><section_number>6.2-1021</section_number><catch_line>Commissions or fees for sale of stock not permitted</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-1017</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Entities Conducting Trust Business</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Trust Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<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>. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a <span class="dictionary">trust company</span> that has been issued a certificate of authority and is conducting operations from paying or contracting to pay such <span class="dictionary">commissions</span> or fees in connection with the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> or reissue of shares of stock of the <span class="dictionary">trust company</span>.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 5, &#xA7; 6.1-32.18:2; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
