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State Licensing Information

Jurisdiction

Name of Licensing Agency

Type of License

Alabama

Alabama Securities Commission

Sale of Checks Act

Arizona

Arizona State Banking Dept

Transmitters of Money Act

Arkansas

Arkansas Securities Dept

Sale of Checks Act

California

Dept of Financial Institutions

Payment Instruments Law, Check Sellers Law, Transmission of Money Abroad Law

Colorado

State Banking Commissioner
Dept of Regulatory Agencies


Money Order Act

Connecticut

Banking Commissioner
Dept of Banking


Money Orders and Travelers Check Licenses Act

Delaware

Office of the State
Banking Commissioner


The Sale of Checks,
Draft &Money Orders Act


District of Columbia

Government of the District of Columbia
Dept of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs


Consumer Transmission of Money Act

Florida

Office of the Controller
Division of Finance


Money Transmitters Code

Georgia

Commissioner of Banking
Dept of Banking and Finance


Sale of Checks or Money Orders Law

Idaho

Department of Finance

Money Transmitters Act

Illinois

Director Consumer Credit Division
Dept of Financial Institutions


Transmitters of Money Act

Indiana

Division Director
Dept of Financial Institutions


Transmitters of Money Act

Iowa

Bureau Chief
Dept of Commerce, Div of Banking


Sale of Certain Instruments for Payment of Money Law

Kansas

Bank Commissioner
Office of Banking Dept


Banks &Banking Act
Transmission of Money


Kentucky

Commissioner
Dept of Financial Institutions
Division of Thrift Insitutions


Sale of Checks Law

Louisiana

Manager Sale of Checks
Division Office of Financial Institutions


The Sale of Checks Act

Maine

Director of the Office of Consumer and Credit Regulation; Dept. of Professional and Financial Regulation

Money Transmitters Act

Maryland

State Bank Commissioner
Dept of Licensing and Regulation


Sellers of Money Orders and Travelers Checks Act

Massachusetts

Commissioner
Consumer Credit Section
Office of the Commissioner of Banks


Investments and Other Powers, Receipts of Deposits for Transmittal to Foreign Countries

Michigan

Director
Consumer Finance Division
Dept of Commerce


Sale of Checks Act

Minnesota

Secretary of State

Banks Check Sellers Law

Mississippi

Commissioner
Dept of Banking and Consumer Finance


Sale of Checks Law

Missouri

Commissioner
Division of Finance


Sale of Checks Law

Nebraska

Director
Dept of Banking and Finance


Sale of Checks Act

Nevada

Dept of Banking and Finance

Issuers of Instruments for Transmission or Payment of Money Act

New Jersey

Commissioner
Dept of Banking


Money Transmitters Law

New Mexico

Director
Financial Institutions Div
Regulation &Licensing


Business of Selling Negotiable Checks,
Drafts and Money Orders Act


New York

Superintendent of Banks
New York Banking Dept


Transmitters of Money Act

North Carolina

Commissioner
North Carolina Banking Commission


Money Transmitters Act

North Dakota

Commissioner
Dept of Banking and Financial Institutions


Sale of Checks Act

Ohio

Supervisor
Dept of Commerce
Division of Securities


Sale of Checks Law

Oklahoma

Bank Commissioner
State Banking Dept


Sale of Checks Act

Oregon

Director
Dept of Insurance and Finance


Money Transmitter Act

Pennsylvania

Director
Bureau of Licensing and Compliance
Dept of Banking


Transmitting Money or Credit Law

Puerto Rico

Office of the Commissioner of
Financial Institutions


Monetary Transfers

Rhode Island

Director
Dept of Business Regulation
Division of Banking


Sale of Checks &EFT Law

South Dakota

Commissioner
Dept of Commerce and Regulation
Division of Banking


Money Order Business Act

Tennessee

Commissioner
Dept of Financial Institutions
Compliance Division


Money Transmitters Act

Texas

Commissioner
Texas Dept of Banking


Check Sellers, Currency Exchange, Transportation or Transmission

Utah

Commissioner
Dept of Financial Institutions


Financial Institutions Law

Virginia

Commissioner
Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions


Money Order Sales Law

Washington

Director
Dept of General Administration
Division of Banking


Check Cashers and Sellers Law

West Virginia

Director
Non-Bank Supervision
Division of Banking


Issuance and Sale of Checks, Drafts and Money Orders Act

Wisconsin

Administrator
Office of Commissioner of Banking


Seller of Checks Law