2023 Indiana Code › Title 23. Business and Other Associations › Article 19. Indiana Uniform Securities Act › Chapter 6. Administration and Judicial Review › 23-19-6-10. Jurisdiction

Sec. 10. (a) IC 23-19-3-1, IC 23-19-3-2, IC 23-19-4-1(a), IC 23-19-4-2(a), IC 23-19-4-3(a), IC 23-19-4-4(a), IC 23-19-5-1, IC 23-19-5-6, IC 23-19-5-9, and IC 23-19-5-10 do not apply to a person that sells or offers to sell a security unless the offer to sell or the sale is made in Indiana or the offer to purchase or the purchase is made and accepted in Indiana.
(b) IC 23-19-4-1(a), IC 23-19-4-2(a), IC 23-19-4-3(a), IC 23-19-4-4(a), IC 23-19-5-1, IC 23-19-5-6, IC 23-19-5-9, and IC 23-19-5-10 do not apply to a person that purchases or offers to purchase a security unless the offer to purchase or the purchase is made in Indiana or the offer to sell or the sale is made and accepted in Indiana.
(c) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell or to purchase a security is made in Indiana, whether or not either party is then present in Indiana, if the offer:
(1) originates from within Indiana;
(2) is directed by the offeror to a place in Indiana and received at the place to which it is directed; or
(3) is directed by the offeror to a resident of Indiana.
(d) For the purpose of this section, an offer to purchase or to sell is accepted in Indiana, whether or not either party is then present in Indiana, if the acceptance:
(1) is communicated to the offeror in Indiana and the offeree reasonably believes the offeror to be present in Indiana and the acceptance is received at the place in Indiana to which it is directed or to another place in Indiana; and
(2) has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally or in a record, outside this state.
(e) An offer to sell or to purchase is not made in Indiana when a publisher circulates, or there is circulated on the publisher's behalf, in Indiana a bona fide newspaper or other publication of general, regular, and paid circulation that is not published in Indiana, or that is published in Indiana but has had more than two-thirds (2/3) of its circulation outside Indiana during the previous twelve (12) months, or when a radio or television program or other electronic communication originating outside Indiana is received in Indiana. A radio or television program or other electronic communication is considered as having originated in Indiana if either the broadcast studio or the originating source of transmission is located in Indiana, unless:
(1) the program or communication is syndicated and distributed from outside Indiana for redistribution to the general public in Indiana;
(2) the program or communication is supplied by a radio, television, or other electronic network with the electronic signal originating from outside Indiana for redistribution to the general public in Indiana;
(3) the program or communication is an electronic communication that originates outside Indiana and is captured for redistribution to the general public in Indiana by a community antenna or cable, radio, cable television, or other electronic system; or
(4) the program or communication consists of an electronic communication that originates in Indiana, but which is not intended for distribution to the general public in Indiana.
(f) IC 23-19-4-3(a), IC 23-19-4-4(a), IC 23-19-4-5(a), IC 23-19-4-13, IC 23-19-5-2, IC 23-19-5-5, and IC 23-19-5-6 apply to a person if the person engages in an act, practice, or course of business instrumental in effecting prohibited or actionable conduct in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state.
As added by P.L.27-2007, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.158-2022, SEC.8.