C.R.S. Section 11-51-403
Application for license

  • notice filing requirements

(1)

An applicant for a license as a broker-dealer, sales representative, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative shall file with the securities commissioner or with the securities commissioner’s designee an application for a license and the consent to service of process required by section 11-51-706. The application shall contain the information and be in the form the securities commissioner requires by rule. If the information contained in an application is inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect when the application is filed or becomes inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect as a result of any subsequent event, the applicant shall promptly file an amendment to the application to cure the inaccuracy or omission. The securities commissioner may require an applicant to submit additional information that is material to an understanding of information about the applicant available to the securities commissioner in the application or otherwise, and an application shall be incomplete until all additional information required by the securities commissioner has been submitted.

(2)

The application requirement of subsection (1) of this section for broker-dealers and sales representatives is satisfied by an applicant who has filed and maintains complete and current registration information with the securities and exchange commission, in the case of a broker-dealer, or a self-regulatory organization, in the case of a sales representative, if that registration information and the consent to service of process required by section 11-51-706 are provided to the securities commissioner through the central registration depository. Any additional information the securities commissioner may require from such an applicant pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must be material to an understanding of information about the broker-dealer or sales representative that is provided to the securities commissioner through the central registration depository.

(2.5)

The application requirement of subsection (1) of this section for an investment adviser and an investment adviser representative is satisfied by an applicant who has filed and maintains complete and current registration information with the investment adviser registration depository if that registration information and the consent to service of process required by section 11-51-706 are provided to the securities commissioner through the investment adviser registration depository. Any additional information the securities commissioner may require from such an applicant pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must be material to an understanding of information about the investment adviser or investment adviser representative that is provided to the securities commissioner through the investment adviser registration depository.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

A federal covered adviser who, during any calendar year, either has a place of business in this state or employs or engages an investment adviser representative with a place of business in this state shall file with the securities commissioner annually a consent to service of process and such documents as are filed by such adviser with the securities and exchange commission that the commissioner may require by rule or order.

(b)

The notice filing requirement described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) does not apply to any federal covered adviser who, during such calendar year, neither has a place of business in this state nor employs nor engages an investment adviser representative with a place of business in this state.

(c)

A notice filing under this section shall be effective from its receipt by the securities commissioner until December 31 of each year. Thereafter, it may be renewed annually until the following December 31 by filing with the securities commissioner a copy of such documents as are required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) and payment of a fee pursuant to section 11-51-404.

(4)

Any person required to pay a fee under this section may transmit through any designee of the securities commissioner any fee required by this section or by rules promulgated under this section.

Source: Section 11-51-403 — Application for license - notice filing requirements, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-11.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

11‑51‑101
Short title and purpose 11‑51‑102
Scope of article 11‑51‑201
Definitions 11‑51‑201.5
Investment adviser registration depository - definition 11‑51‑202
References to federal statutes 11‑51‑301
Requirement for registration of securities 11‑51‑302
General registration provisions 11‑51‑303
Registration by coordination 11‑51‑304
Registration by qualification 11‑51‑304.5
Notice filing - investment companies 11‑51‑305
Filing of sales literature 11‑51‑306
Denial, suspension, or revocation of registration 11‑51‑307
Exempt securities 11‑51‑308
Exempt transactions 11‑51‑308.5
Crowdfunding - intrastate offering of securities - online intermediaries - rules - fees - short title - legislative declaration 11‑51‑308.7
Colorado digital token act - legislative declaration - exemptions - definitions - rules 11‑51‑309
Discretionary exemptions 11‑51‑310
Denial or revocation of exemptions 11‑51‑311
Coordination of exemptions 11‑51‑401
Licensing and notice filing requirements 11‑51‑402
Exempt broker-dealers, sales representatives - sanctions - exempt investment advisers and investment adviser representatives 11‑51‑403
Application for license - notice filing requirements 11‑51‑404
License and notice fees 11‑51‑405
Examinations and alternate qualifications 11‑51‑406
General provisions 11‑51‑407
Operating requirements 11‑51‑408
Licensing of successor firms 11‑51‑409
Access to records 11‑51‑409.5
Mandatory disclosure - investment advisers and investment adviser representatives 11‑51‑410
Denial, suspension, or revocation 11‑51‑411
Abandonment of license 11‑51‑412
Withdrawal 11‑51‑501
Fraud and other prohibited conduct 11‑51‑502
Misleading filings 11‑51‑503
Unlawful representation concerning a license, registration, or exemption 11‑51‑601
Investigations - subpoenas 11‑51‑602
Enforcement by injunction 11‑51‑603
Criminal penalties 11‑51‑603.5
Concurrent enforcement by attorney general - legislative declaration 11‑51‑604
Civil liabilities 11‑51‑605
Burden of proof 11‑51‑606
Conduct of proceedings - cease-and-desist orders - consent orders - summary orders - issued by securities commissioner - rules 11‑51‑607
Judicial review of orders 11‑51‑701
Division of securities - creation - powers and duties 11‑51‑702.5
Securities board - creation - duties - repeal 11‑51‑703
Administration of article 11‑51‑704
Rules, forms, and orders 11‑51‑705
Interpretive opinions 11‑51‑706
Consent to service of process 11‑51‑707
Collection of fees - division of securities cash fund created 11‑51‑708
Administrative files 11‑51‑801
Effective date of article 11‑51‑802
Savings provisions 11‑51‑803
Repeal of article 11‑51‑901
Short title 11‑51‑902
General powers of securities commissioner 11‑51‑903
Interests in local government investment pool trust fund 11‑51‑904
Requirement for registration of local government investment pools 11‑51‑905
General registration requirements 11‑51‑906
Reports to securities commissioner 11‑51‑907
Access to records 11‑51‑908
Confidentiality of information 11‑51‑1001
Short title 11‑51‑1002
Definitions 11‑51‑1003
Governmental disclosures - immunity 11‑51‑1004
Third-party disclosures - immunity 11‑51‑1005
Delaying disbursements - immunity 11‑51‑1006
Immunity for nondisclosure 11‑51‑1007
Records 11‑51‑1008
Multiple duties to report
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 11-51-403’s source at colorado​.gov