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title: Title 10, Chapter 5. Georgia Uniform Securities
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heading: GEORGIA UNIFORM SECURITIES
title_heading: COMMERCE AND TRADE
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# Title 10, Chapter 5. Georgia Uniform Securities

Title 10. Commerce and Trade

59 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 10-5-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-1.md
- 10-5-2, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-2.md
- 10-5-3, Citations to United States Code, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-3.md
- 10-5-4, Reference to agency or department of United States, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-4.md
- 10-5-5, Electronic records and signatures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-5.md
- 10-5-10, Exemptions from registration of securities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-10.md
- 10-5-11, Exempt transactions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-11.md
- 10-5-12, Exemption of securities, transactions, or offers by adoption of rule or issuance of order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-12.md
- 10-5-13, Denial, suspension, or revocation of exemption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-13.md
- 10-5-20, Restrictions on sales of securities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-20.md
- 10-5-21, Filing of records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-21.md
- 10-5-22, Registration by coordination; additional records; effective date of federal registration statement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-22.md
- 10-5-23, Registration by qualification; additional information and records required; effective date, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-23.md
- 10-5-24, Filing of registration statement; conditions of registration; amendment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-24.md
- 10-5-25, Denying, suspending, or revoking the effectiveness of registration statement; publication of conduct constituting violations; notice and hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-25.md
- 10-5-26, Waiver or modification of requirements by Commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-26.md
- 10-5-30, Registration requirements for broker-dealers; exemptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-30.md
- 10-5-31, Registration requirements for agents; exemptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-31.md
- 10-5-32, Registration requirements for investment advisors; exemptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-32.md
- 10-5-33, Registration requirement for investment adviser representatives; exemptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-33.md
- 10-5-34, Registration requirements for federal covered investment advisers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-34.md
- 10-5-35, Application for registration; consent to service of process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-35.md
- 10-5-36, Successors to registration; change of name, form of organization, and control, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-36.md
- 10-5-37, Notice of termination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-37.md
- 10-5-38, Withdrawal of registration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-38.md
- 10-5-39, Fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-39.md
- 10-5-40, Financial requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-40.md
- 10-5-41, Denial of or placement of conditions or limitations on registration; civil penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-41.md
- 10-5-50, Unlawful practices with offer, sale, or purchase of security, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-50.md
- 10-5-51, Fraud or deceit unlawful; adoption of rule, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-51.md
- 10-5-52, Burden on person claiming exemption, preemption, or exclusion in civil and criminal proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-52.md
- 10-5-53, Order or rule may require filing of prospectus and additional information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-53.md
- 10-5-54, Unlawful to make false or misleading statements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-54.md
- 10-5-55, Acceptance of filings not indicative of accuracy, merit, or qualification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-55.md
- 10-5-56, Liability for defamation related to information contained in record, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-56.md
- 10-5-57, Penalties for violations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-57.md
- 10-5-58, Enforcement of civil liability; damages, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-58.md
- 10-5-59, Exemptions to liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-59.md
- 10-5-70, Administration of chapter; Commissioner of Securities; authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-70.md
- 10-5-71, Powers of Commissioner, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-71.md
- 10-5-72, Violations; remedies and penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-72.md
- 10-5-73, Cease and desist orders; denying, revoking, or conditioning exemptions for broker-dealers; civil penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-73.md
- 10-5-74, Issuance of forms and orders; adoption and amendment of rules, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-74.md
- 10-5-75, Register of applications for registration of securities; registration statements; notice filings; notices of claims; furnishing certain information to the public, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-75.md
- 10-5-76, Public records; exceptions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-76.md
- 10-5-77, Intergovernmental cooperation, coordination, and consultation; sharing of records and information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-77.md
- 10-5-78, Rules and orders issued under this chapter subject to judicial review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-78.md
- 10-5-79, Applicability of chapter to certain offers to purchase or sell, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-79.md
- 10-5-80, Consent to service of process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-80.md
- 10-5-90, Predecessor Act governs actions pending and registrations, orders, and rules in effect on July 1, 2009, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-90.md
- 10-5-100, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-100.md
- 10-5-101, Prompt notification to Commissioner of exploitation; requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-101.md
- 10-5-102, Notifications to designated third parties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-102.md
- 10-5-103, Delayed disbursement if financial exploitation suspected; expiration; judicial extension of delay, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-103.md
- 10-5-104, Limitations on administrative and civil liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-104.md
- 10-5-105, Disclosure on investigations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-105.md
- 10-5-106, Accessibility of books and records, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-106.md
- 10-5-107, Administrative and civil liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-107.md
- 10-5-108, Reporting requirements remain, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/10-5-108.md