The Commission may, by order entered after a hearing on notice duly served on the defendant not less than thirty days before the date of the hearing, 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 order 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:
1. Has engaged in any fraudulent transaction;
2. Is insolvent, or in danger of becoming insolvent, either in the sense that his liabilities exceed his assets or in the sense that he cannot meet his obligations as they mature;
3. Is a person for whom a conservator or guardian has been appointed and is acting;
4. Has been convicted, within or without this Commonwealth, of any misdemeanor involving a security or any aspect of the securities or investment advisory business or any felony;
5. Has failed to furnish information or records requested by the Commission concerning his conduct of the securities or investment advisory business; or
6. [Repealed.]
7. Has failed to conduct his securities or investment advisory business in accordance with the rules of the Commission.
1956, c. 428; 1974, c. 479; 1981, c. 244; 1987, c. 678; 1997, c. 921.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 13.1-502. Unlawful offers and sales
§ 13.1-504.2. Broker-dealer services provided by credit unions; when registration not required
§ 13.1-505. Procedure for registration
§ 13.1-505.1. Post-registration provisions
§ 13.1-506. Revocation of registration
§ 13.1-507. Registration requirement; exemptions
§ 13.1-508. Registration by notification
§ 13.1-509. Registration by coordination
§ 13.1-510. Registration by qualification
§ 13.1-511. Effectiveness and reports
§ 13.1-514.1. Exemption of certain securities by order of Commission
§ 13.1-514.2. Primacy of Virginia law to be maintained
§ 13.1-516. Misleading filings
§ 13.1-517. Consent to service of process
§ 13.1-518. Investigations; confidentiality of information and documents
§ 13.1-518.1. Broker-dealers and investment advisors to file certain reports with Commission
§ 13.1-520.1. Commission may transmit record or complaint to locality where violation occurred
§ 13.1-521. Violations punishable by the Commission
§ 13.1-523.1. Commission authority to regulate securities and investment advisory activities
§ 13.1-524. Certain records of Commission available to public; admissibility of copies; destruction
§ 13.1-525. Official interpretations
§ 13.1-525.1. Fees to cover expense of regulation
§ 13.1-527.1. Division created; duties