(a) A registration statement may be filed by the issuer, a person on whose behalf the offering is to be made, or a broker-dealer registered under this chapter.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 45.56.190

  • administrator: means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or a designee of the commissioner. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • broker-dealer: means a person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the accounts of others or for the person's own account. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • depository institution: means
    (A) a bank. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • filing: means the receipt under this chapter of a record by the administrator or a designee of the administrator. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • issuer: means a person that issues or proposes to issue a security, subject to the following:
    (A) the issuer of a voting trust certificate, collateral trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, or share in an investment company without a board of directors or individuals performing similar functions is the person performing the acts and assuming the duties of depositor or manager under the trust or other agreement or instrument under which the security is issued. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • nonissuer distribution: means a transaction or distribution not directly or indirectly for the benefit of the issuer. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust in which the interests of the beneficiaries are evidenced by a security, an unincorporated organization, a government, or a political subdivision of a government. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • sale: includes every contract of sale, contract to sell, or disposition of a security or interest in a security for value, and "offer to sell" includes every attempt or offer to dispose of, or solicitation of an offer to purchase, a security or interest in a security for value. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • Securities and Exchange Commission: means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • security: means a note. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
  • subscription: includes the mark of a person who cannot write, with the name of that person written near the mark by a witness who writes the witness's own name near the name of the person who cannot write. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) A person filing a registration statement shall pay a filing fee established by a regulation adopted under this chapter and consent to service of process as described under Alaska Stat. § 45.56.650..
(c) A registration statement filed under Alaska Stat. § 45.56.170 or 45.56.180 must specify

(1) the amount of securities to be offered in this state;
(2) the states in which a registration statement or similar record in connection with the offering has been or is to be filed; and
(3) any adverse order, judgment, or decree issued in connection with the offering by a state securities regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a court.
(d) A record filed under this chapter or former Alaska Stat. Chapter 45.55 within five years preceding the filing of a registration statement may be incorporated by reference in the registration statement to the extent that the record is currently accurate.
(e) In the case of a nonissuer distribution, information or a record may not be required under (i) of this section or Alaska Stat. § 45.56.180 unless it is known to the person filing the registration statement or to the person on whose behalf the distribution is to be made or unless it can be furnished by those persons without unreasonable effort or expense.
(f) A regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter may require as a condition of registration that a security issued within the previous five years or to be issued to a promoter for a consideration substantially less than the public offering price or to a person for a consideration other than cash be deposited in escrow and that the proceeds from the sale of the registered security in this state be impounded until the issuer receives a specified amount from the sale of the security, either in this state or elsewhere. The conditions of any escrow or impoundment required under this subsection may be established by a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter, but the administrator may not reject a depository institution solely because of its location in another state.
(g) A regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter may require as a condition of registration that a security registered under this chapter be sold only on a specified form of subscription or sale contract and that a signed or conformed copy of each contract be filed under this chapter or preserved for a period specified by the regulation or order, not to exceed five years.
(h) Except while a stop order is in effect under Alaska Stat. § 45.56.230, a registration statement is effective for one year after the effective date of the registration statement or for any longer period designated in an order under this chapter during which the security is being offered or distributed in a nonexempted transaction by or for the account of the issuer or other person on whose behalf the offering is being made or by an underwriter or broker-dealer that is still offering part of an unsold allotment or subscription taken as a participant in the distribution. For the purposes of a nonissuer transaction, all outstanding securities of the same class identified in the registration statement as a security registered under this chapter are considered to be registered while the registration statement is effective. If any securities of the same class are outstanding, a registration statement may not be withdrawn until one year after the effective date of the registration statement. A registration statement may be withdrawn only with the approval of the administrator.
(i) While a registration statement is effective, a regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter may require the person that filed the registration statement to file reports, not more often than quarterly, to keep the information or other record in the registration statement reasonably current and to disclose the progress of the offering.
(j) A registration statement may be amended after the effective date of the registration statement. The post-effective amendment becomes effective when the administrator so orders. If a post-effective amendment is made to increase the number of securities specified to be offered or sold, the person filing the amendment shall pay a registration fee established by a regulation adopted under this chapter. A post-effective amendment relates back to the date of the offering of the additional securities being registered if, within one year after the date of the sale, the amendment is filed and the additional registration fee is paid.
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