551.613 Jurisdiction.
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551.613 Jurisdiction.
(1)Sales and offers to sell. Sections 551.301 , 551.302 , 551.401
(1), 551.402
(1), 551.403
(1), 551.404
(1), 551.501 , 551.506 , 551.509 , and 551.511 do not apply to a person that sells or offers to sell a security unless the offer to sell or the sale is made in this state or the offer to purchase or the purchase is made and accepted in this state.
(2)Purchases and offers to purchase. Sections 551.401
(1), 551.402
(1), 551.403
(1), 551.404
(1), 551.501 , 551.506 , 551.509 , and 551.511 do not apply to a person that purchases or offers to purchase a security unless the offer to purchase or the purchase is made in this state or the offer to sell or the sale is made and accepted in this state.
(3)Offers in this state. For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell or to purchase a security is made in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, if the offer meets any of the following criteria:
(a)The offer originates from within this state.
(b)The offer is directed by the offeror to a place in this state and received at the place to which it is directed, but for purposes of s. 551.301 , an offer to sell which is not directed to or received by the offeree in this state is not made in this state.
(4)Acceptances in this state. For the purpose of this section, an offer to purchase or to sell is accepted in this state, whether or not either party is then present in this state, if the acceptance meets all of the following criteria:
(a)The acceptance is communicated to the offeror in this state and the offeree reasonably believes the offeror to be present in this state and the acceptance is received at the place in this state to which it is directed.
(b)The acceptance has not previously been communicated to the offeror, orally or in a record, outside this state.
(5)Publications, radio, television, or electronic communications. An offer to sell or to purchase is not made in this state when a publisher circulates or there is circulated on the publisher’s behalf in this state a bona fide newspaper or other publication of general, regular, and paid circulation that is not published in this state, or that is published in this state but has had more than two-thirds of its circulation outside this state during the previous 12 months, or when a radio or television program or other electronic communication originating outside this state is received in this state. A radio or television program or other electronic communication is considered as having originated in this state if either the broadcast studio or the originating source of transmission is located in this state, unless any of the following apply:
(a)The program or communication is syndicated and distributed from outside this state for redistribution to the general public in this state.