Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1102 (2026)

Fraudulent and other prohibited practices

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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of any security, directly or indirectly:

(a) To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;

(b) To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or

(c) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person who receives any consideration from another person primarily for advising the other person as to the value of securities or their purchase or sale, whether through the issuance of analyses or reports or otherwise:

(a) To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any person;

(b) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person;

(c) To knowingly sell any security to or purchase any security from a client while acting as principal for his or her own account, act as a broker for a person other than the client, or knowingly effect any sale or purchase of any security for the account of the client, without disclosing to the client in writing before the completion of the transaction the capacity in which he or she is acting and obtaining the consent of the client to the transaction. This subdivision shall not apply to any transaction involving a broker-dealer's client if the broker-dealer is not acting as an investment adviser in the transaction;

(d) To engage in dishonest or unethical practices as the director may define by rule and regulation or order; or

(e) In the solicitation of advisory clients, to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

(3) Except as may be permitted by rule and regulation or order of the director, it shall be unlawful for any investment adviser or investment adviser representative to enter into, extend, or renew any investment advisory contract:

(a) Which provides for the compensation of the investment adviser or investment adviser representative on the basis of a share of capital gains upon or capital appreciation of the funds or any portion of the funds of any client;

(b) Unless the investment advisory contract prohibits in writing the assignment of the contract by the investment adviser or investment adviser representative without the consent of the other party to the contract; and

(c) Unless the investment advisory contract provides in writing that if the investment adviser is a partnership or a limited liability company, the other party to the contract shall be notified of any change in the membership of the partnership or limited liability company within a reasonable time after the change.

(4) Subdivision (3)(a) of this section shall not prohibit an investment advisory contract which provides for compensation based upon the total value of a fund averaged over a definite period or as of definite dates or taken as of a definite date. Assignment, as used in subdivision (3)(b) of this section, shall include any direct or indirect transfer or hypothecation of an investment advisory contract by the assignor or of a controlling block of the assignor's outstanding voting securities by a security holder of the assignor, except that if the investment adviser is a partnership or a limited liability company, no assignment of an investment advisory contract shall be considered to result from the death or withdrawal of a minority of the members of the investment adviser having only a minority interest in the business of the investment adviser or from the admission to the investment adviser of one or more members who, after admission, will be only a minority of the members and will have only a minority interest in the business.

(5) It shall be unlawful for any investment adviser or investment adviser representative to take or have custody of any securities or funds of any client if:

(a) The director by rule and regulation or order prohibits the taking or custody; or

(b) In the absence of any rule and regulation or order by the director, the investment adviser or investment adviser representative fails to notify the director that he or she has or may have custody.

(6) The director may by rule and regulation or order adopt and promulgate exemptions from subdivisions (2)(c), (3)(a), (3)(b), and (3)(c) of this section when the exemptions are consistent with the public interest and are within the purposes fairly intended by the Securities Act of Nebraska.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases, 1980–2018 · leading case: Myers v. Nebraska Inv. Council, 724 N.W.2d 776 (Neb. 2006).

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Myers v. Nebraska Inv. Council, 724 N.W.2d 776 (Neb. 2006). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1102 (1) (Reissue 1997).”

Hirt v. UM Leasing Corp., 614 F. Supp. 1066 (D. Neb. 1985). · cites it 5× “§ 8-1102(1)). I. BACKGROUND The alleged facts are as follows.”

State v. Fries, 337 N.W.2d 398 (Neb. 1983). · cites it 3× “§§ 8-1103 and 8-1117 (Reissue 1977); and nine counts alleged that the defendant made false representations or failed to disclose material facts in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 8-1102 (1)(b) and 8-1117 (Reissue 1977).”

Ord v. Amfirst Inv. Servs., 704 N.W.2d 796 (Neb. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “2001), specifically § 8-1102(b), by misrepresentation; (2) violation of the Securities Act of Nebraska, specifically § 8-1102(b), by omission; (3) common-law negligence, by misrepresentation; (4) common-law negligence, by omission; (5) common-law breach of fiduciary duty; (6)…”

In re Nat'l Century Fin. Enter., Inc., Inv. Litig., 846 F. Supp. 2d 828 (S.D. Ohio 2012). “110A, § 410; Neb.Rev.Stat. § 8-1102; N.J. Stat. Ann. § 49:3-71 ; N.”

Prochaska & Assocs., Inc. v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 798 F. Supp. 1427 (D. Neb. 1992). · cites it 2× “§ 1962 (c)); fourth, violation of § 8-1118(2) of the Securities Act of Nebraska; fifth, violation of § 8-1102 of the Securities Act of Nebraska; and sixth, an allegation of common law fraud.”

State v. Jones, 453 N.W.2d 447 (Neb. 1990). “ered securities; two counts of transacting business as a broker-dealer, issuer, or agent while not registered as a broker-dealer, issuer, or agent, in violation of § 8-1103; and eight counts of offering a security by employment of a scheme to defraud or by making untrue…”

State v. Hadley, 288 N.W.2d 37 (Neb. 1980). “The appellant, Art Hadley, pleaded guilty to 20 counts of violating sections 8-1102 and 8-1117, R. R. S. 1943, and the appellant, Connie Marker, pleaded guilty to 5 counts of violation of the same sections.”

Stacy Ryan v. Constance Ryan, 889 F.3d 499 (2018). “3 Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1102 (1) (2007), amended by 2017 Neb.”

Ord, Inc. v. Amfirst Bank, 758 N.W.2d 29 (Neb. 2008). “(Reissue 1999); common-law agency; and controlling person liability provisions under §§ 8-1102 and 8-1118(3) and 15 U.S.C. §§ 77o and 78t(a) (2000).”

Nebraska Plastics, Inc. v. MOSS-ADAMS CAPITAL, LLC, 266 F. Supp. 2d 1022 (D. Neb. 2003). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff argues that defendant failed to register in Nebraska as a securities dealer as required pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 8-1102(1). However, the registration requirement does not apply to renewals, extensions, and restructuring of bank loans.”

— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1102(1) — 3 cases

Hirt v. UM Leasing Corp., 614 F. Supp. 1066 (D. Neb. 1985). “§ 8-1102(1)). I. BACKGROUND The alleged facts are as follows.”

State v. Fries, 337 N.W.2d 398 (Neb. 1983). “§§ 8-1103 and 8-1117 (Reissue 1977); and nine counts alleged that the defendant made false representations or failed to disclose material facts in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 8-1102 (1)(b) and 8-1117 (Reissue 1977).”

Nebraska Plastics, Inc. v. MOSS-ADAMS CAPITAL, LLC, 266 F. Supp. 2d 1022 (D. Neb. 2003). “Plaintiff argues that defendant failed to register in Nebraska as a securities dealer as required pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 8-1102(1). However, the registration requirement does not apply to renewals, extensions, and restructuring of bank loans.”

— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1102(b) — 1 case

Ord v. Amfirst Inv. Servs., 704 N.W.2d 796 (Neb. Ct. App. 2005). “2001), specifically § 8-1102(b), by misrepresentation; (2) violation of the Securities Act of Nebraska, specifically § 8-1102(b), by omission; (3) common-law negligence, by misrepresentation; (4) common-law negligence, by omission; (5) common-law breach of fiduciary duty; (6)…”

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