2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 2, Chapters 56 - 89
ORS Chapter 59
59.165 Licensing of broker-dealers, investment advisers and salespersons required; rules.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to transact business in this state as a broker-dealer or salesperson unless the person is licensed under the Oregon Securities Law.

(2) A broker-dealer or state investment adviser may not be licensed in this state unless the broker-dealer or state investment adviser has at least one salesperson licensed in this state.

(3) It is unlawful for a broker-dealer or issuer or owner of securities to employ a salesperson to act in this state unless the salesperson is licensed under the Oregon Securities Law to the broker-dealer or issuer or owner of securities. Only a natural person may be licensed as a salesperson.

(4) It is unlawful for:

(a) A state investment adviser to employ an investment adviser representative in this state unless the investment adviser representative is licensed under the Oregon Securities Law to the state investment adviser;

(b) A federal covered investment adviser to employ an investment adviser representative who has a place of business in this state to act in this state unless the investment adviser representative is licensed under the Oregon Securities Law to the federal covered investment adviser; or

(c) An individual, except as otherwise provided in subsection (8) of this section, to transact business in this state as an investment adviser representative unless the individual is licensed as an investment adviser representative. Only a natural person may be licensed as an investment adviser representative.

(5) A person may not be licensed as:

(a) A salesperson or investment adviser representative for more than one broker-dealer, federal covered investment adviser, state investment adviser or issuer or owner of securities at the same time, except as may be allowed by rule or order of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

(b) A salesperson or investment adviser representative unless the person is employed by a broker-dealer, federal covered investment adviser, state investment adviser or issuer or owner of securities.

(6) It is unlawful for any person to transact business in this state as a state investment adviser unless the person:

(a) Is licensed as such under the Oregon Securities Law; or

(b) Is licensed as a broker-dealer without the imposition of a condition under ORS 59.215 (4).

(7) Except for federal covered investment advisers whose activities are described by ORS 59.015 (20)(b) and licensed broker-dealers transacting business as federal covered investment advisers in this state, it is unlawful for any federal covered investment adviser to conduct an advisory business in this state unless such person makes notice filings with the director of such documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as the director may by rule or otherwise require and pays the fee, including the notice filing fee, described in ORS 59.175. The director may issue an order suspending the conduct of an investment advisory business in this state if the director finds that there is a failure to comply with any requirement under this section.

(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an individual performing the activities of an investment adviser representative and who would otherwise be required to be licensed as an investment adviser representative is not required to be separately licensed as an investment adviser representative if:

(a) The individual is licensed to a licensed broker-dealer, the broker-dealer is transacting business as a federal covered investment adviser or a state investment adviser under the provisions of subsection (6)(b) of this section and the person is performing investment adviser activities on behalf of the broker-dealer; or

(b) The individual is licensed to a licensed broker-dealer and the broker-dealer directly receives all compensation otherwise earned by the person in connection with the investment advisory activities being transacted in this state. The broker-dealer may or may not further distribute any or all compensation received to the licensed salesperson. [1967 c.537 17; 1973 c.366 5; 1985 c.349 16; 1987 c.603 10; 1989 c.197 8; 1993 c.508 30; 1995 c.622 12; 1997 c.772 15; 1999 c.53 2; 2003 c.270 4; 2003 c.785 5]