(a) Broker-dealers. A person shall pay a fee of $300 when initially filing an application for registration as a broker-dealer and a fee of $250 when filing a renewal of registration as a broker-dealer. If the filing results in a denial or withdrawal, the secretary of state shall retain $50 of the fee.
(b) Agents. The fee for an individual is $130 when filing an application for registration as an agent, a fee of $100 when filing a renewal of registration as an agent, and a fee of $25 when filing for a change of registration as an agent. If the filing results in a denial or withdrawal, the secretary of state shall retain $30 of the fee.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:4-410

  • Agent: means an individual, other than a broker-dealer, who represents a broker-dealer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales of securities or represents an issuer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales of the issuer's securities. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • Broker-dealer: means a person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others or for the person's own account. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • Federal covered investment adviser: means a person registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • Filing: means the receipt under this chapter of a record by the secretary of state. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • Investment adviser: means a person that, for compensation, engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities or that, for compensation and as a part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports concerning securities. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • Investment adviser representative: means an individual employed by or associated with an investment adviser or federal covered investment adviser and who makes any recommendations or otherwise gives investment advice regarding securities, manages accounts or portfolios of clients, determines which recommendation or advice regarding securities should be given, provides investment advice or holds herself or himself out as providing investment advice, receives compensation to solicit, offer, or negotiate for the sale of or for selling investment advice, or supervises employees who perform any of the foregoing. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • Order: means an order issued pursuant to this chapter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • Person: means an individual; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • Secretary of state: means the New Hampshire secretary of state or his or her designee. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 421-B:1-102

(c) Investment advisers. A person shall pay a fee of $250 when filing an application for registration as an investment adviser and a fee of $200 when filing a renewal of registration as an investment adviser. If the filing results in a denial or withdrawal, the secretary of state shall retain $50 of the fee.
(d) Investment adviser representatives. The fee for an individual is $125 when filing an application for registration as an investment adviser representative, a fee of $100 ($50 per agent; $50 per license) when filing a renewal of registration as an investment adviser representative, and a fee of $100 when filing a change of registration as an investment adviser representative. If the filing results in a denial or withdrawal, the secretary of state shall retain $25 of the fee.
(e) Federal covered investment advisers. A federal covered investment adviser required to file a notice under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:4-405 shall pay an initial fee of $250 and an annual notice fee of $200.
(f) Payment. A person required to pay a filing or notice fee under this section may transmit the fee through or to a designee as a rule or order provides under this chapter.
(g) Dual agent/investment adviser representative. An investment adviser representative who is registered as an agent under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:4-402 and who represents a person that is both registered as a broker-dealer under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:4-401 and registered as an investment adviser under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:4-403 or required as a federal covered investment adviser to make a notice filing under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-B:4-405 is not required to pay an initial or annual registration fee for registration as an investment adviser representative.