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(a) Each licensee is subject to a periodic examination of the licensees business records by the commissioner at the expense of the licensee. For the purpose of carrying out this article, the commissioner may examine all books, records, papers, or other objects that the commissioner determines are necessary for conducting a complete examination and may also examine under oath any person associated with the license holder, including an officer, director, or employee of the licensee or authorized delegate. Unless it will interfere with the commissioners duties under this article, reasonable notice shall be given to the licensee and any authorized delegate before any on-site examination visit. If a person required by the commissioner to submit to an examination refuses to permit the examination or to answer any question authorized by this article, the commissioner may suspend the persons license until the examination is completed.

(b) The licensee shall bear the reasonable and necessary per diem and travel expense cost of any on-site examination made pursuant to this section.

(c) A person, for the purpose of evading a reporting or record-keeping requirement of 31 U.S.C. 5313, or 31 C.F.R. Chapter X, or by this article, or a rule authorized under this article, may not with respect to a transaction with a licensee:

(1) Cause or attempt to cause the licensee to: