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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)31 years in industry

LANCE TAYLOR PATTON

Advisor at INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Tehachapi, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 4, 2008 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Current firm: INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Mar 20, 1995earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 31derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 4derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Mar 20, 1995
First registration: Apr 4, 2008
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
IAPD individual key: 2585443

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 15, 2022	n/a	yes	Tehachapi, CA	Current employment
NPB FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Jan 2, 2018	Jul 15, 2022	no	Tehachapi, CA	Previous registration
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Former SEC adviser	Aug 13, 2008	Jan 8, 2018	no	Livermore, CA\|RANCHO CORDOVA, CA\|BAKERSFIELD, CA\|BAKERSFIELD, CA	Previous registration
PENSION PLANNERS SECURITIES, INC.	n/a	Apr 4, 2008	Aug 13, 2008	no	BAKERSFIELD, CA\|SACRAMENTO, CA\|SACRAMENTO, CA	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
NPB FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Jul 15, 2022	Jul 15, 2022	0	Firm change	RIA to ibd
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	NPB FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Jan 8, 2018	Jan 2, 2018	-6	Firm change	Other
PENSION PLANNERS SECURITIES, INC.	CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC	Aug 13, 2008	Aug 13, 2008	0	Bulk transfer	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
137743:7717:CA:2022-07-15	Jul 15, 2022	Jul 15, 2022	TEHACHAPI, CA	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Jul 15, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ NPB FINANCIAL GROUP, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2018 to Jul 15, 2022factForm ADV
→ CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Aug 13, 2008 to Jan 8, 2018factForm ADV
→ PENSION PLANNERS SECURITIES, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2008 to Aug 13, 2008factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 15, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Lance Taylor Patton left Npb Financial Group, Llc for Independent Financial Group, Llc (registered 2022-07-15)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:867f6cc2-7f75-6832-5cfd-25f87a5c1f23
First observed: Apr 4, 2008
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 5 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

LANCE TAYLOR PATTON

Advisor at INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Tehachapi, CA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Bd affiliated wealth

Jul 15, 2022

n/a

yes

Tehachapi, CA

Current employment

NPB FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Jan 2, 2018

Jul 15, 2022

Tehachapi, CA

Previous registration

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

Former SEC adviser

Aug 13, 2008

Jan 8, 2018

Livermore, CA|RANCHO CORDOVA, CA|BAKERSFIELD, CA|BAKERSFIELD, CA

Previous registration

PENSION PLANNERS SECURITIES, INC.

n/a

Apr 4, 2008

Aug 13, 2008

BAKERSFIELD, CA|SACRAMENTO, CA|SACRAMENTO, CA

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

NPB FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Jul 15, 2022

Firm change

RIA to ibd

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

NPB FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Jan 8, 2018

Jan 2, 2018

-6

Firm change

Other

PENSION PLANNERS SECURITIES, INC.

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

Aug 13, 2008

Bulk transfer

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

137743:7717:CA:2022-07-15

Jul 15, 2022

TEHACHAPI, CA

Firm change