1. Who may file. A registration statement may be filed by the issuer, a person on whose behalf the offering is to be made, or a broker-dealer registered under this chapter. 2. Filing. Except as provided in section 502.302, subsection 3, and section 502.304A, subsection 3,paragraph “g”, a person who filesa registration statement or a notice filingshall pay a filing fee as prescribed by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 17A. The administrator shall retain the filing feeeven ifthe notice filingis withdrawnor the registration iswithdrawn, denied, suspended, revoked, or abandoned. The fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited as provided in section 505.7. The administrator may adopt rules requiring a filing tobe made electronically. The rules may provide for such electronic filingeither directly with the administrator or with a designee of the administrator. The rules may require that the filer pay any reasonable costs charged by the designee of the administrator for processing the filings and that the filersubmit any fees paid through the designee. 3. Statusof offering. A registration statement filedundersection 502.303 or 502.304must specify allof the following: a. The amount of securities to be offered in this state. b. The states in which a registration statement or similar record in connection with the offering has been or isto be filed. c. Any adverse order, judgment, or decreeissued in connection with the offering by a state securities regulator, the securities and exchange commission, or a court. 4. Incorporation by reference. A record filed under this chapter or its predecessor chapter within fiveyears preceding the filing of a registration statement may be incorporated by reference in the registration statement to the extent that the record is currently accurate. 5. Nonissuer distribution. In the case of a nonissuer distribution, information or a record shall not be required under subsection 9 or section 502.304, unless it isknown to the person filing the registration statement or to the person on whose behalf the distribution is to be made or unless itcan be furnished by those persons without unreasonable effort or expense. 6. Escrow and impoundment. A rule adopted or order issued under this chapter may require as a condition of registration that a security issued within the previous five years or to be issued to a promoter for a consideration substantially less than the public offering price or to a person for a consideration other than cash be deposited in escrow; and that the proceeds from the sale of the registered security in this state be impounded until the issuer receives a specified amount from the sale ofthe security either in this state or elsewhere. The conditions of any escrow or impoundment required under this subsection may be established by rule adopted or order issued under this chapter, but the administrator shall not reject a depository institution solely because of itslocation in another state. 7. Form of subscription. A rule adopted or order issued under this chapter may require as a condition of registration that a security registered under this chapter be sold only on a specified form of subscription or sale contract and that a signed or conformed copy of each contract be filed under this chapter or preserved for a period specified by the rule or order, which shall not be longer than five years. 8. Effective period. Except while a stop order is in effect under section 502.306, a §502.305, UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT (BLUE SKY LAW) 24 registration statement is effective for one year after itseffective date, or for any longer period designated in an order issued under this chapter during which the security is being offered or distributed in a nonexempted transaction by or for the account of the issuer or other person on whose behalf the offering is being made or by an underwriter or broker-dealer that is stilloffering part of an unsold allotment or subscription taken as a participant in the distribution. For the purposes of a nonissuer transaction, all outstanding securities of the same class identified in the registration statement as a security registered under this chapter are considered to be registered while the registration statement is effective. Ifany securities of the same class are outstanding, a registration statement shall not be withdrawn until one year after its effective date. A registration statement may be withdrawn only with the approval of the administrator. 9. Periodic reports. While a registration statement iseffective, a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter may require the person that filed the registration statement to filereports, not more often than quarterly, to keep the information or other record in the registration statement reasonably current and to disclose the progress of the offering. 181, §59; 2010 Acts, ch 1121, §3; 2016 Acts, ch 1122, §2, 3
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