In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 44-1521

  • Attorney general: means the attorney general of Arizona or the attorney general's authorized delegate. See Arizona Laws 44-1521
  • Authorized delegate: means any attorney, investigator or administrative personnel employed by the attorney general and so designated, and, if requested by the county attorney and authorized by the attorney general, may include similar personnel employed by the several county attorneys of this state. See Arizona Laws 44-1521
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Director: means the director of the securities division of the commission. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Merchandise: means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, intangibles, real estate or services. See Arizona Laws 44-1521
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • offer for sale: means an attempt or offer to dispose of, or solicitation of an order or offer to buy, a security or interest in a security for value or any sale or offer for sale of a warrant or right to subscribe to another security of the same issuer or of another issuer. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any natural person or the person's legal representative, any partnership or domestic or foreign corporation, any company, trust, business entity or association or any agent, employee, salesman, partner, officer, director, member, stockholder, associate or trustee. See Arizona Laws 44-1521
  • Sale: means any sale, offer for sale or attempt to sell any merchandise for any consideration, including sales, leases and rentals of any real estate subject to any form of deed restriction imposed as part of a previous sale. See Arizona Laws 44-1521
  • Salesman: means an individual, other than a dealer, employed, appointed or authorized by a dealer to sell securities in this state. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
  • sell: means a sale or any other disposition of a security or interest in a security for value and includes a contract to make such sale or disposition. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

1. "Advertisement" includes the attempt by publication, dissemination, solicitation or circulation, oral or written, to induce directly or indirectly any person to enter into any obligation or acquire any title or interest in any merchandise.

2. "Attorney general" means the attorney general of Arizona or the attorney general’s authorized delegate.

3. "Authorized delegate" means any attorney, investigator or administrative personnel employed by the attorney general and so designated, and, if requested by the county attorney and authorized by the attorney general, may include similar personnel employed by the several county attorneys of this state.

4. "Examine" means the inspection, study or copying of any account, book, document, merchandise, paper or record.

5. "Merchandise" means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, intangibles, real estate or services.

6. "Person" means any natural person or the person’s legal representative, any partnership or domestic or foreign corporation, any company, trust, business entity or association or any agent, employee, salesman, partner, officer, director, member, stockholder, associate or trustee.

7. "Sale" means any sale, offer for sale or attempt to sell any merchandise for any consideration, including sales, leases and rentals of any real estate subject to any form of deed restriction imposed as part of a previous sale.