{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-506","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 13.1-506","heading":"Revocation of registration","body":"The Commission may, by order entered after a hearing on notice duly served on the defendant not less than thirty days before the date of the hearing, revoke the registration of a broker-dealer, investment advisor, investment advisor representative or agent, or refuse to renew a registration if an application for renewal has been or is to be filed, if it finds that such an order is in the public interest and that such broker-dealer, investment advisor or any partner, officer or director of such broker-dealer or investment advisor, or any person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by such broker-dealer or investment advisor or that such agent or investment advisor representative:1. Has engaged in any fraudulent transaction;2. Is insolvent, or in danger of becoming insolvent, either in the sense that his liabilities exceed his assets or in the sense that he cannot meet his obligations as they mature;3. Is a person for whom a conservator or guardian has been appointed and is acting;4. Has been convicted, within or without this Commonwealth, of any misdemeanor involving a security or any aspect of the securities or investment advisory business or any felony;5. Has failed to furnish information or records requested by the Commission concerning his conduct of the securities or investment advisory business; or6. [Repealed.]7. Has failed to conduct his securities or investment advisory business in accordance with the rules of the Commission.1956, c. 428; 1974, c. 479; 1981, c. 244; 1987, c. 678; 1997, c. 921.","path":["Title 13.1. CORPORATIONS","Chapter 5. SECURITIES ACT","Article 3. BROKERS-DEALERS, INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INVESTMENT ADVISOR REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/13.1-506/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:14Z","sha256":"74d84d30b9ba864af350401862d4a74994b772848a6ff0b54acf13c80cbb1d50","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-505.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}