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RI Gen L § 7-11-709 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11 - Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act|Section 7-11-709 - Administrative files and records.

§ 7-11-709. Administrative files and records.(a) The director keeps one or more registers of:(1) All applications for licensing and registration under this chapter;(2) All licenses and registration statements that become effective under this chapter;(3) All disciplinary and enforcement orders issued and reports of investigation made under this chapter;(4) All declaratory orders and rulings issued under this chapter; and(5) All other orders issued under this chapter.(b) The director maintains records consistent with applicable law.(c) All records required to be maintained by subsections (a) and (b) may be maintained in computer or microfilm format or any other form of data storage.(d) Upon request, the director shall certify under the seal of office a copy as being a true and correct copy of the records maintained by the office. The director may establish by rule reasonable charges for furnishing or certifying copies. In an investigation or proceeding under this chapter, a copy so certified is prima facie evidence of the contents of the records certified.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-11-711 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11 - Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act|Section 7-11-711 - Provisions applicable to administrative proceedings.

§ 7-11-711. Provisions applicable to administrative proceedings.(a) All actions of the director including administrative proceedings, adoption of rules, and issuance of orders are governed by the state administrative procedures act, except that:(1) The issue of a stop order under § 7-11-303(e) is governed by § 7-11-303(e);(2) The issue of an order pursuant to an emergency administrative proceeding is governed by § 7-11-712; and(3) The issue of a declaratory order or ruling is governed by § 7-11-706.(b) All rules and orders issued under this chapter are subject to judicial review in accordance with the state administrative procedures act.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-11-712 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11 - Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act|Section 7-11-712 - Emergency administrative proceedings.

§ 7-11-712. Emergency administrative proceedings.(a) The director may use emergency administrative proceedings in a situation involving an immediate danger to the public welfare requiring immediate action.(b) The director may take only the action that is necessary to prevent or avoid the immediate danger to the public welfare that justifies use of emergency administrative proceedings.(c) The director shall issue an order, including a brief statement of findings of fact, conclusions of law, and, if it is an exercise of the agency's discretion, policy reasons for the decision to justify the determination of an immediate danger and the director's decision to take the specific action.(d) (1) The director shall give the notice that is practicable to persons who are required to comply with the order. The order is effective when issued. Upon the entry of an order under subsection (c), the director will promptly give notice to the persons subject to the order:(i) That the order has been entered, together with a brief statement of the reasons for the entry of the order; and(ii) That the director, upon receipt of a written request within thirty (30) days after the entry of the order, shall set the matter for hearing no more than sixty (60) nor less than twenty (20) days from the receipt of the request for hearing and shall promptly notify the parties of the time and place for hearing. If no hearing is requested and none is ordered by the director, the order becomes permanent on the thirtieth day after its entry and remains in effect unless or until it is modified or vacated by the director.(2) If a party fails to appear at a hearing, the order becomes permanent one day following the date set for a hearing requested by a party.(e) After issuing an order under this section, the director shall proceed as quickly as feasible to complete proceedings that would be required under the state administrative procedures act if the matter did not involve an immediate danger.(f) The record of the director consists of the documents regarding the matter that were considered or prepared by the director. The director shall maintain these documents as the official record.(g) Unless otherwise required by law, the director's record need not constitute the exclusive basis for the director's action in emergency administrative proceedings or for judicial review of the action.(h) An order issued under this section is subject to judicial review in accordance with the requirements of the state administrative procedures act.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-11-802 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11 - Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act|Section 7-11-802 - Contract provisions.

§ 7-11-802. Contract provisions.(a) No person subject to this chapter who makes or engages in the performance of a contract in violation of this chapter or a rule or order of the director under this chapter, or who acquires a right under a contract with knowledge of the facts by which its making or performance is in violation, may obtain relief on the contract.(b) A provision in a contract entered into or effective in this state, binding a person acquiring a security to waive compliance with this chapter or a rule or order of the chapter under this chapter is nonenforceable. A provision in a contract containing an agreement to arbitrate or a choice of law provision in a contract between persons all of whom are engaged in the securities business is not a provision waiving compliance with this chapter and is enforceable in accordance with its terms.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-11-803 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11 - Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act|Section 7-11-803 - Uniformity of application and construction.

§ 7-11-803. Uniformity of application and construction.This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it and to coordinate the interpretation and administration of this chapter with the related federal laws and regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-11-804 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11 - Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act|Section 7-11-804 - Short title.

§ 7-11-804. Short title.This chapter may be cited as the Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act (1990).History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-11-805 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11 - Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act|Section 7-11-805 - Severability clause.

§ 7-11-805. Severability clause.If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of the chapter are severable.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-11-806 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11 - Rhode Island Uniform Securities Act|Section 7-11-806 - Repeal and saving provisions.

§ 7-11-806. Repeal and saving provisions.(a) Law repealed by this chapter exclusively governs a suit, action, prosecution, or proceeding that is pending or may be initiated on the basis of facts or circumstances occurring before July 12, 1990, but no civil suit or action may be maintained to enforce any liability under the law repealed by this chapter unless brought within the earlier of the period of limitation that applied when the claim for relief accrued or two (2) years after July 12, 1990.(b) All effective registrations under the law repealed by this chapter, all administrative orders relating to those registrations, and all conditions imposed upon those registrations remain in effect for as long as they would have remained in effect if this chapter had not been enacted. They are considered to have been filed, issued, or imposed under this chapter, but are governed by the law repealed by this chapter.(c) The law repealed by this chapter applies to an offer to sell or sale made within one year after July 12, 1990 pursuant to an offering begun in good faith before July 12, 1990 on the basis of an exemption available under the law repealed by this chapter.(d) Judicial review of all administrative orders as to which review proceedings have not been instituted before July 12, 1990 are governed by the state administrative procedures act but no review proceeding may be instituted unless the petition for review is filed within the earlier of the period of limitation that applied to a review proceeding when the order was entered or sixty (60) days after July 12, 1990.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 460, § 2.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-1 - Short title - Rules of construction.

§ 7-11.1-1. Short title — Rules of construction.(a) This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Uniform TOD Security Registration Act".(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policy and to make uniform the laws with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.(c) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement its provisions.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-2 - Definitions.

§ 7-11.1-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:(1) "Beneficiary form" means a registration of a security that indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who becomes the owner of the security upon the death of the owner.(2) "Devisee" means any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal property.(3) "Heirs" means those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a descendent.(4) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, an organization, or other legal entity.(5) "Personal representative" includes executor, administrator, successor, personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status.(6) "Property" includes both real and personal property or any interest in them and means anything that may be the subject of ownership.(7) "Register", including its derivatives, means to issue a certificate showing the ownership of a certificated security or, in the case of uncertificated security, to initiate or transfer an account showing ownership of securities.(8) "Registering entity" means a person who or that originates or transfers a security title by registration, and includes a broker maintaining security accounts for customers and a transfer agent or other person acting for or as an issuer of securities.(9) "Security" means a share, participation, or other interest in property, in a business, or in an obligation of an enterprise or other issuer, and includes a certificated security, an uncertificated security and a security account.(10) "Security account" means:(i) A reinvestment account associated with a security, a securities account with a broker, a cash balance in a brokerage account, cash, interest, earnings, or dividends earned or declared on security in an account, a reinvestment account, or a brokerage account, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death; or(ii) A cash balance or other property held for or due to the owner of a security as a replacement for or product of an account security, whether or not credited to the account before the owner's death.(11) "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-3 - Registration in beneficiary form - Sole or joint tenancy ownership.

§ 7-11.1-3. Registration in beneficiary form — Sole or joint tenancy ownership.Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership by one individual or multiple ownership by two or more with right of survivorship, rather than as tenants in common, may obtain registration in beneficiary form. Multiple owners of a security registered in beneficiary form hold as joint tenants with right of survivorship, as tenants by the entireties, or as owners of community property held in survivorship form, and not as tenants in common.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-4 - Registration in beneficiary form - Applicable law.

§ 7-11.1-4. Registration in beneficiary form — Applicable law.A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by this or a similar statute of the state of organization of the issuer or registering entity, the location of the registering entity's principal office, the office of its transfer agent or its office making the registration, or by this or a similar statute of the law of the state listed as the owner's address at the time of registration. A registration governed by the law of a jurisdiction in which this, or similar legislation, is not in force or was not in force when a registration in beneficiary form was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as a matter of contract law.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-5 - Origination of registration in beneficiary form.

§ 7-11.1-5. Origination of registration in beneficiary form.A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered in beneficiary form when the registration includes a designation of a beneficiary to take the ownership at the death of the owner or the deaths of all multiple owners.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-6 - Form of registration in beneficiary form.

§ 7-11.1-6. Form of registration in beneficiary form.Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words "transfer on death" or the abbreviation "TOD", or by the words "pay on death" or the abbreviation "POD", after the name of the registered owner and before the name of a beneficiary.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-7 - Effect of registration in beneficiary form.

§ 7-11.1-7. Effect of registration in beneficiary form.The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in beneficiary form has no effect on ownership until the owner's death. A registration of a security in beneficiary form may be canceled or changed at any time by the sole owner or all then-surviving owners without the consent of the beneficiary.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-8 - Ownership on death of owner.

§ 7-11.1-8. Ownership on death of owner.On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survived the death of all owners. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple beneficiaries surviving the death of all owners hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased owner or the estate of the last to die of all multiple owners.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-9 - Protection of registering entity.

§ 7-11.1-9. Protection of registering entity.(a) A registering entity is not required to offer or to accept a request for security registration in beneficiary form. If a registration in beneficiary form is offered by a registering entity, the owner requesting registration in beneficiary form assents to the protections given to the registering entity pursuant to this chapter.(b) By accepting a request for registration of a security in beneficiary form, the registering entity agrees that the registration will be implemented on death of the deceased owner as provided in this chapter.(c) (1) A registering entity is discharged from all claims to a security by the estate, creditor, heirs, or devisees of a deceased owner if it registers a transfer of the security in accordance with § 7-11.1-8 and does so in good-faith reliance:(i) On the registration;(ii) On the provisions of this chapter; and(iii) On information provided to it by affidavit of the personal representative of the deceased owner, or by the surviving beneficiary or by the surviving beneficiary's representatives, or other information available to the registering entity.(2) The protections of this chapter do not extend to a reregistration or payment made after a registering entity has received written notice from any claimant to any interest in the security objecting to implementation of a registration in beneficiary form. No other notice or other information available to the registering entity affects its right to protection under this chapter.(d) The protection provided pursuant to this chapter to the registering entity of a security does not affect the rights of beneficiaries in disputes between themselves and other claimants to ownership of the security transferred or its value or proceeds.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-10 - Nontestamentary transfer on death.

§ 7-11.1-10. Nontestamentary transfer on death.(a) A transfer on death resulting from a registration in beneficiary form pursuant to this chapter is effective by reason of the contract regarding the registration between the owner and the registering entity, is not testamentary, and any security being transferred by it is not considered an asset of the decedent's estate subject to probate.(b) This chapter does not limit the rights of creditors of security owners against beneficiaries and other transferees under other laws of the state.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-11 - Terms - Conditions - Forms for registration.

§ 7-11.1-11. Terms — Conditions — Forms for registration.(a) (1) A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form may establish the terms and conditions under which it will receive requests:(i) For registrations in beneficiary form; and(ii) For implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, including requests for cancellation of previously registered TOD beneficiary designations and requests for reregistration to effect a change of beneficiary.(2) The terms and conditions so established may provide for proving death; avoiding or resolving any problems concerning fractional shares; designating primary and contingent beneficiaries; and substituting a named beneficiary's descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary's death. Substitution may be indicated by appending to the name of the primary beneficiary the letters LDPS, standing for "lineal descendants per stirpes". This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary's descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the beneficiary's domicile at the owner's death governing inheritance by descendants of an intestate. Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take one or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities of registrations in beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity's terms and conditions.(b) The following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form that a registering entity may authorize:(1) Sole owner — sole beneficiary: John S. Brown TOD (or POD) John S. Brown, Jr.(2) Multiple owners — sole beneficiary: John S. Brown, Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr.(3) Multiple owners — primary and secondary (substituted) beneficiaries: John S. Brown, Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr. SUB BENE Peter Q. Brown or John S. Brown, Mary B. Brown JT TEN TOD John S. Brown, Jr. LDPS.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.1-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.1 - The Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration Act|Section 7-11.1-12 - Application of chapter.

§ 7-11.1-12. Application of chapter.This chapter applies to registrations of securities in beneficiary form made on or after the effective date of this act, July 9, 1998.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 7-11.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships|Chapter 7-11.2 - Senior Savings Protection Act|Section 7-11.2-1 - Short title - Rules of construction.

§ 7-11.2-1. Short title — Rules of construction.(a) This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Senior Savings Protection Act."(b) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policy and to make uniform the laws with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.(c) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement its provisions.History of Section.P.L. 2019, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 231, § 1.