Section 95. Employment of an agent by more than one broker-dealer  


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  • A. In accordance with § 13.1-504 B of the Act, an agent may be employed by more than one broker-dealer if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

    1. Each employing broker-dealer is under common ownership and control as defined in subsection B of this section or as provided in subdivision C 2 c under 21VAC5-20-330.

    2. Each employing broker-dealer is registered in accordance with 21VAC5-20-10.

    3. Each employing broker-dealer consents in writing to the employment of the agent by each of the other employing broker-dealers.

    4. Each employing broker-dealer agrees to be responsible for the employment activity of the agent.

    5. The agent is registered in accordance with 21VAC5-20-90 by and on behalf of each employing broker-dealer.

    6. Each employing broker-dealer executes an Agent Multiple Employment Agreement (Form S.A.16), and the executed agreement is filed with the commission at its Division of Securities and Retail Franchising prior to the agent transacting business in Virginia on behalf of such broker-dealer.

    7. A new Agent Multiple Employment Agreement is executed and filed with the commission at its Division of Securities and Retail Franchising within 15 days after any information in a current agreement on file with the commission becomes materially deficient, incomplete or inaccurate.

    B. The term "common ownership and control" as used in this section means the same individual or individuals possess at least a 50% ownership interest in each employing broker-dealer.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 23, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2007; amended, Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. June 3, 2013.

Statutory Authority

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