15 CSR 30-59.020 - General Instructions
PURPOSE: This rule covers general instructions
applicable to persons applying for registration as broker-dealers or
(1) A
broker-dealer or agent may be registered or renewed as such under the Missouri
Model Commodities Code (the Code), if the commissioner finds that the applicant
is qualified, has sufficient training, knowledge and experience in the
commodities business, is of good repute and has otherwise fully satisfied the
requirements of the Code and this chapter. In determining which activities
require registration under the Code, see sections
409.803
and
409.840,
RSMo.
(2) The applicant , if an
individual, shall have attained the age of eighteen (18) years.
(3) A foreign corporation shall furnish a
copy of the certificate of authority to transact business in Missouri or an
opinion of counsel stating no such authority is required (section 351.570,
RSMo).
(4) Any applicant who will
engage in or transact business in Missouri under a name shall furnish evidence
of registration of fictitious name (section
417.200,
RSMo).
(5) A broker-dealer shall
have and maintain at least one (1) sales representative.
(6) Any application for registration as a
sales representative shall not be registered as representing more than one (1)
broker-dealer at any one (1) time, except as follows:
(A) Where control and management of the
broker-dealers or issuers are essentially identical; or
(B) Where there is no conflict of interests
and where prior to the dual registration, both broker-dealers have filed,
written statements acknowledging the proposed dual agency and affirming that
there will be no conflict. The statements must display an original signature of
the appropriate signatory of the principal.
Notes
*Original authority: 409.836, RSMo 1985.
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