NY Gen Bus L § 359-EE (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 23-A - Fraudulent Practices in Respect to Stocks, Bonds and Other Securities 359-EE - Report of Existence.

§   359-ee.   Report  of  existence.  1.  Every  person,  partnership,   corporation, company, trust or association which caused to be  filed  in   the  department  of  law  a  "dealer's  statement"  on  or  before  June   thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-three, shall  on  or  before  February   first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-nine,  file  in the department of law a   certificate which shall be entitled and endorsed, "Certificate of Report   of  Existence  of............................(state  name  of   dealer),   pursuant to section three hundred fifty-nine-ee, of the general business   law" and shall state: (a) The name of the dealer, and if it was changed,   the name under which last registered. (b) The date of the last filing of   the  dealer's statement in the department of law. (c) That its existence   is hereby continued.  Such certificate shall be signed and certified  by   the dealer or any principal officer thereof.2.  On or before January first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, notice of   the enactment of this section shall be given by the attorney-general  to   each  dealer  to  which  this  section applies by mailing a copy of such   notice to said dealer directed to said dealer at the address  stated  in   the  "dealer's  statement" filed by said dealer in the department of law   and then on file there. A copy of this  section  shall  be  endorsed  or   annexed to each such notice.3.    On   March   fifteenth,   nineteen   hundred   fifty-nine,   the   attorney-general shall make a list containing  the  names  of  all  such   dealers,  who  have  not  filed  the  certificate of report of existence   required by subdivision one of this section.4. The attorney-general shall make a proclamation under his  hand  and   seal  of office as to the dealers whose names are included in such list,   declaring the "dealers' statements" theretofore filed by such dealers as   void pursuant to the provisions of  this  section.  He  shall  file  the   original  proclamation in his office and shall publish a copy thereof in   the April or May issue of  the  state  bulletin  in  the  year  nineteen   hundred fifty-nine.5.  Upon the publication of such proclamation in the manner aforesaid,   the "dealer's statement" of each dealer named therein  shall  be  deemed   void  as  of  May  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-nine, without   further proceedings, except as otherwise provided in subdivision six  of   this section.6. After this section takes effect, no dealer whose statement has been   voided  by subdivision five of this section shall sell or offer for sale   to the public within this state,  as  principal,  broker  or  agent,  or   otherwise,  any securities issued or to be issued, unless and until such   dealer shall have caused to be filed in the  department  of  law  a  new   "dealer's  statement"  as required by section three hundred fifty-nine-e   of this article.7. After this section takes effect, no dealer whose statement has been   voided by subdivision five of this section shall sell or offer for  sale   to  the  public  within  this  state,  as principal, broker or agent, or   otherwise, any securities issued or to be issued, unless and until  such   dealer  shall  have  caused to be filed in the department of state a new   "state notice" as required by section three hundred fifty-nine-e of this   article, and, as to any securities  which  are  not  exempted  from  the   provisions of subdivision eight of section three hundred fifty-nine-e of   this  article  by  section  three hundred fifty-nine-f hereof, until and   unless such dealer shall have caused to be filed in  the  department  of   state a further "state notice" as required by such section three hundred   fifty-nine-e.8.  The  fee  of  the  attorney-general for filing a certificate under   subdivisions one or six of this section shall be five dollars,  and  the    fee  of  the department of state for filing any notice under subdivision   seven of this section shall be two dollars.