(a) The administrator shall maintain, or designate a person to maintain, a register of applications for registration of securities; registration statements; notice filings; applications for registration of broker-dealers, agents, investment advisors, and investment adviser representatives; notice filings by federal covered investment advisors that are or have been effective under this chapter or former AS 45.55; notices of claims of exemption from registration or notice filing requirements contained in a record; orders issued under this chapter or former AS 45.55; and interpretative opinions or no-action determinations issued under this chapter. The register must be kept according to the existing retention schedule mandated by the department. (b) The administrator shall make all regulations, forms, interpretative opinions, and orders available to the public. (c) The administrator shall furnish a copy of a record that is a public record or a certification that the public record does not exist to a person upon request. A copy of the record certified or a certificate by the administrator of a record's nonexistence is prima facie evidence of a record or its nonexistence.
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