(1) A broker-dealer, salesperson, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative may apply for registration by filing with the director or his or her authorized agent an application together with a consent to service of process in such form as the director shall prescribe and payment of the fee prescribed in RCW 21.20.340.

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Terms Used In Washington Code 21.20.050

  • Broker-dealer: means any person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others or for that person's own account. See Washington Code 21.20.005
  • Director: means the director of financial institutions of this state. See Washington Code 21.20.005
  • Federal covered adviser: means any person registered as an investment adviser under section 203 of the investment advisers act of 1940. See Washington Code 21.20.005
  • Investment adviser: means any person who, for compensation, engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or as to the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, or who, for compensation and as a part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports concerning securities. See Washington Code 21.20.005
  • Investment adviser representative: means any partner, officer, director, or a person occupying similar status or performing similar functions, or other individual, who is employed by or associated with an investment adviser, and who does any of the following:
Washington Code 21.20.005
  • Salesperson: means any individual other than a broker-dealer who represents a broker-dealer or issuer in effecting or attempting to effect sales of securities. See Washington Code 21.20.005
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • (2) A federal covered adviser shall file such documents as the director may, by rule or otherwise, require together with a consent to service of process and the payment of the fee prescribed in RCW 21.20.340.

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    FindingsConstruction1994 c 256: See RCW 43.320.007.