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PDFWAC 460-20B-020

Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter and chapters 460-21B, 460-22B, and 460-23B WAC:
(1) "Central Registration Depository" ("CRD") shall mean the national registration system operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. pursuant to a contract with the North American Securities Administrators Association.
(2) "Balance sheet" shall mean a balance sheet prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(3) "Branch office," for the purpose of this chapter, shall mean any office, residence or other place or location in this state where the business of a registered broker-dealer is conducted and which is owned or controlled by, or operated directly or indirectly for the benefit of, the registered broker-dealer, and where the business of a broker-dealer is conducted by a principal, salesperson, or salespersons for such registered broker-dealer, except that the following are not considered branch offices:
(a) Any location identified in a telephone directory line listing or on a business card or letterhead, which listing, card, or letterhead also sets forth the address and telephone number of the office from which persons conducting business from the location are directly supervised;
(b) Any location referred to, in an advertisement by a broker-dealer, by its local telephone number or local post office box provided that such reference may not include the street address of the location and that such reference also sets forth the address and telephone number of the office from which persons conducting business at the location are directly supervised;
(c) Any location identified by address in a broker-dealer's sales literature, provided that the sales literature also sets forth the address and telephone number of the office from which persons conducting business at the location are directly supervised; or
(d) The principal office of the broker-dealer.
(4) "OTC non-NASDAQ equity securities" shall mean equity securities not traded on a national securities exchange or on NASDAQ. Equity securities quoted on FINRA's OTC Bulletin Board are OTC non-NASDAQ equity securities.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 21.20.450. WSR 14-10-040, § 460-20B-020, filed 4/29/14, effective 5/30/14; WSR 95-24-002, § 460-20B-020, filed 11/22/95, effective 12/23/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 21.20.070 and 21.20.450. WSR 95-16-026, § 460-20B-020, filed 7/21/95, effective 8/21/95.]
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