Section 90. Application for registration as a broker-dealer agent  


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  • Part II
    Broker-Dealer Agents

    A. Application for registration as an agent of a FINRA member shall be filed on and in compliance with all requirements of CRD and in full compliance with the forms and regulations prescribed by the commission. The application shall include all information required by such forms.

    An application shall be deemed incomplete for registration as a broker-dealer agent unless the applicant submits the following executed forms, fee, and information:

    1. Form U4.

    2. The statutory fee made payable to FINRA in the amount of $30.

    3. Evidence in the form of a FINRA exam report of passing within the two-year period immediately preceding the date of the application: (i) the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination, Series 63; (ii) the Uniform Combined State Law Examination, Series 66; or (iii) a similar examination in general use by securities administrators which, after reasonable notice and subject to review by the commission, the Director of the Division of Securities and Retail Franchising designates.

    4. Any other information the commission may require.

    B. Application for registration for non-FINRA member broker-dealer agents shall be filed on and in compliance with all requirements and forms prescribed by the commission.

    An application shall be deemed incomplete for registration as a broker-dealer agent unless the applicant submits the following executed forms, fee, and information:

    1. Form U4.

    2. The statutory fee in the amount of $30. The check must be made payable to the Treasurer of Virginia.

    3. Evidence in the form of a FINRA exam report of passing within the two-year period immediately preceding the date of the application: (i) the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination, Series 63; (ii) the Uniform Combined State Law Examination, Series 66; or (iii) a similar examination in general use by securities administrators which, after reasonable notice and subject to review by the commission, the Director of the Division of Securities and Retail Franchising designates.

    4. Any other information the commission may require.

    C. The commission shall either grant or deny each application for registration within 30 days after it is filed. However, if additional time is needed to obtain or verify information regarding the application, the commission may extend such period as much as 90 days by giving written notice to the applicant. No more than three such extensions may be made by the commission on any one application. An extension of the initial 30-day period, not to exceed 90 days, shall be granted upon written request of the applicant.

Historical Notes

Derived from Rule 208, Case No. SEC810005, eff. July 1, 1981; amended by Case No. SEC840009, eff. July 2, 1984; Case No. SEC890040, eff. July 1, 1989; Case No. SEC900034, eff. July 1, 1990; Case No. SEC910057, eff. July 1, 1991; Volume 11, Issue 21, eff. July 1, 1995; Volume 13, Issue 25, eff. September 1, 1997; Volume 15, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1999; Volume 17, Issue 20, eff. July 1, 2001; Volume 25, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2009; Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. June 3, 2013.

Statutory Authority

§§ 12.1-13 and 13.1-523 of the Code of Virginia.