# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001426851
**File Stem:** 0001426851-26-000004
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001426851-26-000004.hdr.sgml**: 20260325

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001426851-26-000004

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: MA-A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251231

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260323

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260325

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Argent Advisors, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001426851

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 721315171
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** LA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** MA-A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 867-02368
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26791948

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 500 EAST REYNOLDS DRIVE
- **CITY:** RUSTON
- **STATE:** LA
- **ZIP:** 71270
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 318-324-8000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 500 EAST REYNOLDS DRIVE
- **CITY:** RUSTON
- **STATE:** LA
- **ZIP:** 71270

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM MA: UNIFORM APPLICATION FOR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR REGISTRATION

### Filer and Contact Information

**Filer CIK:** 0001426851

**Filer CCC:** XXXXXXXX

**Contact Name:** Carrie Brown

**Contact Phone:** 318-251-5834

**Contact Email:** CBrown@argentadvisors.com

**Notification Emails:** mpatel@stark-stark.com, sgalletto@stark-stark.com

### Type of Filing

**Selected Filing Type:** Annual Update

### Item 1: Identifying Information

**A. Full Legal Name of the Firm:** Argent Advisors, Inc.

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Organization CRD No.:** 112028

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is applicant a Sole Proprietor?:** No

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Has the municipal legal name changed since the last filing?:** No

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Has the applicant had any previous DBA names?:** No

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Does the applicant have any additional DBA names?:** No

**C. IRS Employer Identification Number:** 72-1315171

**D. Registrations:**

- **Municipal Advisor:** SEC File No: 867-02368

- **SEC-Registered Investment Adviser:** SEC File No: 801-60187, CRD No: 112028

**E. Principal Office and Place of Business:** 500 EAST REYNOLDS DRIVE, RUSTON, LA, 71270

**Telephone Number:** 318-251-5800

**Additional Offices of Employment:**

- **Office #1 (Amend):** 1609 STUBBS AVENUE, MONROE, LA, 71201 | Phone: 318-324-8000

- **Office #2 (Delete):** 1350 East 70th Street, Shreveport, LA, 71105 | Phone: 318-548-8801

**Mailing Address is Different from Principal Office:** No

**F. Website:** HTTP://WWW.ARGENTFINANCIAL.COM

**G. Chief Compliance Officer (CCO):**

**Name:** Carrie Alana Brown

**Address:** 500 E. Reynolds Drive, Ruston, LA, 71270

**Phone Number:** 318-251-5834

**Email:** cbrown@argentadvisors.com

**H. Business Affiliates:**

- **Name:** Argent Trust Company of Oklahoma

  - **Issuing Agency:** Oklahoma Banking Department

  - **Jurisdiction:** OK

- **Name:** Argent Trust Company

  - **Issuing Agency:** Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions

  - **Jurisdiction:** LA

- **Name:** Highland Capital Management, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** SEC

  - **Jurisdiction:** 

- **Name:** Argent Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** SEC

  - **Jurisdiction:** 

- **Name:** Argent Insurance Services, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** National Association of Insurance Commissioners

  - **Jurisdiction:** LA

- **Name:** Heritage Capital Management, Inc.

  - **Issuing Agency:** Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions

  - **Jurisdiction:** LA

- **Name:** Ameritrust Investment Advisors, Inc.

  - **Issuing Agency:** Oklahoma

  - **Jurisdiction:** OK

- **Name:** Argent Wealth, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** SEC

  - **Jurisdiction:** 

- **Name:** Orleans Capital Management Corp

  - **Issuing Agency:** SEC

  - **Jurisdiction:** 

- **Name:** Argent Insurance, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** National Association of Insurance Commissioners

  - **Jurisdiction:** MS

- **Name:** Argent Institutional Trust Company

  - **Issuing Agency:** Florida Office of Financial Regulation

  - **Jurisdiction:** FL

- **Name:** Argent Mineral Management, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** Florida Department of State

  - **Jurisdiction:** FL

- **Name:** Funeral Services, Inc.

  - **Issuing Agency:** Florida Department of State

  - **Jurisdiction:** FL

- **Name:** Argent Advisors Leasing, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** Louisiana Secretary of State

  - **Jurisdiction:** LA

- **Name:** Argent Fiduciary Consulting Services, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** Louisiana Secretary of State

  - **Jurisdiction:** LA

- **Name:** Argent Solutions, LLC

  - **Issuing Agency:** Georgia Secretary of State

  - **Jurisdiction:** GA

**I. Location of Books and Records:** No

### Item 2: Form of Organization

**A. Applicant's form of organization:** Corporation

**B. Month of Applicant's Annual Fiscal Year End:** December

**C. State, Other U.S. Jurisdiction, or Foreign Jurisdiction Under Which Applicant is Organized:** LA

**D. Date of Organization:** 01-01-1996

**E. Is the applicant a public reporting company?:** No

### Item 3: Successions

**Is the applicant succeeding to the business of a registered municipal advisor?** No

### Item 4: Information About Applicant's Business

**A. Number of Employees:** 27

**B. Municipal Advisory Activities - Employees:** 2

**C. Registered Representatives - MAA Employees also registered reps of a broker-dealer:** 0

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MAA Employees also associated with an investment adviser:** 2

**D. Public Relations Company?:** No

**E. Soliciting on Behalf of an Affiliate - Number of firms:** 0

**F. Types of Clients - Number of clients served as municipal advisor:** 25

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Types of Clients:** Municipal Entities, Non-profit organizations

**G. Solicitation of Municipal Entities and Obligated Persons - Municipal Entities:** 0

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Obligated Persons:** 0

**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Solicited:** 0

**H. Types of Persons Solicited:** 
Not Applicable
, Not Applicable

**I. Compensation Arrangements (Municipal Advisory):** 
Fixed Fees
Contingent Fees
, Fixed Fees, Contingent Fees

**J. Compensation Arrangements (Solicitation):** 
Not Applicable
, Not Applicable

**K. Does the applicant receive compensation in the context of its municipal advisory business from other than its municipal entity or obligated person clients?:** No

**L. Applicant Business Relating to Municipal Securities:** Advice Insurance Of MS, Advice Investment Of Proceeds MS, Advice ME Investments, Advice ME Other Investments, Solicitation Of IAB

### Item 5: Other Business Activities

- **Investment Advisor:** Actively Engaged: Yes, Primary Business: Yes

**Is applicant engaged in any other non-municipal advisor business?** No

### Item 6: Financial Industry and Other Activities of Associated Persons

**Types of associated persons:** Investment Adviser, Banking/Thrift institution, Trust Company, Insurance company or agency, Investment Adviser, Banking/Thrift institution, Investment Adviser, Investment Adviser, Insurance company or agency, Trust Company, Investment Adviser, Investment Adviser, Trust Company, Insurance company or agency, Investment Adviser

**Total Associated Persons:** 10

### Item 7: Participation or Interest in Client Transactions

- **Buy or sell municipal securities from or to municipal advisory clients for the firm's own account?:** No

- **Buy or sell municipal securities from or to third-parties on behalf of clients?:** Yes

- **Enter into derivatives transactions with clients for the firm's own account?:** No

- **Recommend to clients to buy/sell securities in which the firm has a financial interest?:** No

- **Recommend to clients products/services of an affiliated person?:** No

- **Recommend to clients securities of an issuer with which the firm has other relationships?:** Yes

- **Have discretionary authority to buy/sell municipal securities for clients?:** Yes

- **Have discretionary authority to buy/sell any other securities or investments for clients?:** Yes

- **Have discretionary authority to determine the broker-dealer to be used for client transactions?:** Yes

- **Have discretionary authority to determine the commission paid to a broker-dealer?:** Yes

- **Recommend broker-dealers to clients?:** Yes

- **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If yes, are any of these broker-dealers an associated person of the applicant?:** No

- **Compensate any person for client referrals?:** No

- **Receive compensation from any person for client referrals?:** No

### Item 8: Owners, Officers, and Other Control Persons

**A. (2) Does any person not named in Item 1-A or Schedules A, B, or C, directly or indirectly, control the applicant's management or policies?** Yes

**B. (1) Is any person in Schedule A, B, or C, or in Section 8-A of Schedule D a public reporting company?** No

### Item 9: Disclosure Information

**Criminal Disclosure:**

- **Applicant/Advisory Affiliate Convicted/Pled Guilty to Felony?:** No

- **Applicant/Advisory Affiliate Charged with Felony?:** No

- **Organization Convicted/Pled Guilty to Felony?:** No

- **Organization Charged with Felony?:** No

**Regulatory Disclosure:**

- **SEC/CFTC Found False Statement?:** No

- **SEC/CFTC Found Violation?:** No

- **SEC/CFTC Found Cause of Denial/Suspension?:** No

- **SEC/CFTC Entered Order?:** No

- **SEC/CFTC Imposed Civil Penalty?:** No

- **SRO Found Unethical Conduct?:** No

- **SRO Found Violation?:** No

- **SRO Found Cause of Denial/Suspension?:** No

- **SRO Barred/Suspended/Fined > $2,500?:** No

- **SRO Denied/Suspended/Revoked Registration?:** No

- **Foreign Authority Found False Statement?:** No

- **Foreign Authority Found Violation?:** No

- **Foreign Authority Found Cause of Suspension?:** No

- **Foreign Authority Disciplined?:** No

- **Authorization to Act as Attorney/Accountant Revoked?:** No

- **Subject of a Regulatory Complaint?:** No

**Civil Disclosure:**

- **Enjoined in Connection with Municipal Advisory Activity?:** No

- **Found to Have Violated Regulations?:** No

- **Civil Proceeding Dismissed Pursuant to Settlement?:** No

- **Named in Civil Proceeding Alleging Violation?:** No

### Item 10: Small Businesses

**Does the applicant have annual receipts of less than $7,000,000?** No

**Is the applicant affiliated with a person that has annual receipts of more than $7,000,000?** Yes

### Schedule A: Direct Owners and Executive Officers

| Name                         | Title/Status                                  | Date Acquired   | Ownership Code           | Control Person?   | IRS Number   | CRD Number   |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Argent Financial Group, Inc. | Parent Company                                | 03-20-2001      | E - 75% or more          | Yes               |  |  |
| Michael Ray Jones            | President / Board Member                      | 10-20-2005      | A - 5% but less than 10% | Yes               |  | 1270369      |
| Dean Stephen Mailhes         | Managing Director, Investments / Board Member | 10-20-2005      | NA - less than 5%        | Yes               |  | 3260678      |
| Byron Robert Moore           | Managing Director - Planning GRP/Board Member | 10-20-2005      | NA - less than 5%        | Yes               |  | 2238638      |
| Carrie Alana Brown           | Chief Compliance Officer                      | 01-20-2016      | NA - less than 5%        | Yes               |  | 5653005      |

### Schedule C: Amendments to Schedules A and B

| Type   | Ownership   | Owning Entity   | Name                         | Title/Status                                  | Date Acquired   | Ownership Code           | Control Person?   | IRS Number   | CRD Number   |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | Direct      |  | Argent Financial Group, Inc. | Parent Company                                | 03-20-2001      | E - 75% or more          | Yes               |  |  |
|  | Direct      |  | Michael Ray Jones            | President / Board Member                      | 10-20-2005      | A - 5% but less than 10% | Yes               |  | 1270369      |
|  | Direct      |  | Dean Stephen Mailhes         | Managing Director, Investments / Board Member | 10-20-2005      | NA - less than 5%        | Yes               |  | 3260678      |
|  | Direct      |  | Byron Robert Moore           | Managing Director - Planning GRP/Board Member | 10-20-2005      | NA - less than 5%        | Yes               |  | 2238638      |
|  | Direct      |  | Carrie Alana Brown           | Chief Compliance Officer                      | 01-20-2016      | NA - less than 5%        | Yes               |  | 5653005      |

### Execution Page

**Signature:** Carrie Brown

**Signer Name:** Carrie Brown

**Title:** Chief Compliance Officer

**Date:** 03-23-2026