Section 23-19-6-9 - Appeals from orders; transcripts; trial de novo(a) An appeal may be taken by: (1) any issuer, investment adviser, or registered broker-dealer whose application for registration of an issue of securities may have been granted or denied, from any final order of the commissioner respecting that application or registration;(2) any applicant for registration as a broker-dealer, investment adviser, or agent of any registered broker-dealer, investment advisor, or agent, from any final order of the commissioner affecting the application or registration as a broker-dealer, investment adviser, or agent;(3) any person against whom a civil penalty has been imposed under section 3(b) or 4(d) of this chapter, from the final order of the commissioner imposing the civil penalty; or(4) any person who is named a respondent, from any final order issued by the commissioner under section 2, 3, or 4 of this chapter; to the circuit or superior court of Marion County or the county wherein the person taking the appeal resides or maintains a place of business.
(b) Within twenty (20) days after the entry of the order, the commissioner shall be served with:(1) a written notice of the appeal stating the court to which the appeal will be taken and the grounds upon which a reversal of the final order is sought;(2) a demand in writing for a certified transcript of the record and of all papers on file in the commissioner's office affecting or relating to the order; and(3) a bond in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to the state of Indiana with sufficient surety to be approved by the commissioner, conditioned upon the faithful prosecution of the appeal to final judgment and the payment of all costs that shall be adjudged against the appellant.(c) After the commissioner has been served with the items specified in subsection (b), the commissioner shall within ten (10) days make, certify, and deliver to the appellant the transcript, and the appellant shall within five (5) days file the same and a copy of the notice of appeal with the clerk of the court, which notice of appeal shall stand as appellant's complaint, and the commissioner may appear and file any motion or pleading and form the issue. The cause shall be entered on the trial calendar for trial de novo and given precedence over all matters pending in the court.(d) The court shall receive and consider any pertinent evidence, whether oral or documentary, concerning the order of the commissioner from which the appeal is taken. If the order of the commissioner is reversed, the court shall in its mandate specifically direct the commissioner as to the commissioner's further action in the matter, including the making and entering of any order or orders in connection therewith and the conditions, limitations, or restrictions to be contained. The commissioner is not barred from revoking or altering the order for any proper cause that may thereafter accrue or be discovered. If the order is affirmed, the appellant is not barred after thirty (30) days from filing a new application if the application is not otherwise barred or limited. The appeal shall not in any way suspend the operation of the order appealed from during the pendency of the appeal unless upon proper order of the court. An appeal may be taken from the judgment of the court on any appeal on the same terms and conditions as an appeal is taken in civil actions.As added by P.L. 27-2007, SEC.23.