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Every registration statement shall remain effective until revoked by the Commission or until terminated upon request of the registrant with the consent of the Commission. So long as a registration statement remains effective, all outstanding securities of the same class shall be considered to be registered for the purpose of any nonissuer distribution. So long as the registration statement remains effective, the Commission may require the registrant to file reports, not more often than quarterly, to keep reasonably current the information contained in the registration statement. The Commission may require such information to be included in the prospectus.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1292636,"text":"A registration statement filed under this article may be filed by the issuer, any other person on whose behalf the offer is to be made or by any registered broker-dealer. 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This law was first created in 1956. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 428 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1991, chapter 223; in 2003, chapter 595<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1376867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346644,"identifier":"13.1-511","token":"13.1\/5\/4\/13.1-511","url":"\/13.1-511\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-511\/","token":"13.1\/5\/4\/13.1-511","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effectiveness and reports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A registration statement filed under this article may be filed by the issuer, any other person on whose behalf the offer is to be made or by any registered broker-dealer. When securities are registered, they may be offered and sold by the issuer, by such other person or by any registered broker-dealer, whether or not named in the registration statement. Every registration statement shall remain effective until revoked by the Commission or until terminated upon request of the registrant with the consent of the Commission. So long as a registration statement remains effective, all outstanding securities of the same class shall be considered to be registered for the purpose of any nonissuer distribution. So long as the registration statement remains effective, the Commission may require the registrant to file reports, not more often than quarterly, to keep reasonably current the information contained in the registration statement. The Commission may require such information to be included in the prospectus.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECTIVENESS AND REPORTS (\u00a7 13.1-511)\n\nA registration statement filed under this article may be filed by the issuer,\nany other person on whose behalf the offer is to be made or by any registered\nbroker-dealer. When securities are registered, they may be offered and sold by\nthe issuer, by such other person or by any registered broker-dealer, whether or\nnot named in the registration statement. Every registration statement shall\nremain effective until revoked by the Commission or until terminated upon\nrequest of the registrant with the consent of the Commission. So long as a\nregistration statement remains effective, all outstanding securities of the same\nclass shall be considered to be registered for the purpose of any nonissuer\ndistribution. So long as the registration statement remains effective, the\nCommission may require the registrant to file reports, not more often than\nquarterly, to keep reasonably current the information contained in the\nregistration statement. The Commission may require such information to be\nincluded in the prospectus.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 428; 1991, c. 223; 2003, c. 595.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}