(1) The securities commissioner, in a manner reasonable under the circumstances, may examine, without notice, the records, within or without this state, of a licensed broker-dealer or investment adviser that are required to be made and maintained pursuant to this article in order to determine compliance with this article. A licensed brokerdealer or investment adviser may maintain such records in any form of data storage if the records are readily accessible to the securities commissioner in legible form.
The securities commissioner, in a manner reasonable under the circumstances, maycopy records required to be made and maintained under this article or require a licensed brokerdealer or investment adviser, at the expense of the broker-dealer or investment adviser, to copy such records and provide copies to the securities commissioner.
The securities commissioner, in a manner reasonable under the circumstances, mayexamine, without notice, the records, within or without this state, of a licensed sales representative or investment adviser representative that are made and maintained by the sales representative or investment adviser representative in the normal course of business in order to determine compliance with this article.
The securities commissioner, in a manner reasonable under the circumstances, maycopy records made and maintained by a licensed sales representative or investment adviser representative in the normal course of business or require a licensed sales representative or investment adviser representative, at the sales representative's or investment adviser representative's expense, to copy such records and provide copies to the securities commissioner.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 725, § 1, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 558, § 12, effective January 1, 1999.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 11-51-110 as it existed prior to 1990.