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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 7. BANKING AND FINANCE · Chapter 1. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS · Article 4. MONEY TRANSMISSION

7-1-686. Display of license; license nontransferable and nonassignable; notification of additional locations.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A license issued pursuant to this article shall be kept in the place of business of the licensee, and a copy of such license shall be displayed prominently in every physical location in this state where money transmission is conducted. If the licensee has no physical location in this state, then the licensee’s unique identifier shall be clearly posted and accessible through whichever medium the licensee engages in money transmission in this state.#

  2. (b)

    Such license shall not be transferable or assignable.#

  3. (c)

    No licensee shall engage in money transmissions under any name or names other than those authorized by the department in writing.#

  4. (d)

    A licensee shall give written notice to the department of any new or additional locations, including, but not limited to, locations operated by an authorized agent, not reported in either its original or renewal application. The required notice shall be in such form and contain such information as required by the department.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 7-1-686, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 251, § 1/HB 982; Ga. L. 2015, p. 344, § 27/HB 184; Ga. L. 2023, p. 651, § 25/HB 55, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, rewrote subsection (a), which read: “A license issued pursuant to this article shall be kept conspicuously posted in the place of business of the licensee. If the licensee has no physical location in this state, then a copy of such license and the licensee’s unique identifier shall be clearly posted and accessible through whichever medium the licensee engages in the sale of payment instruments or money transmission in this state.”; deleted “the sale of payment instruments or” following “shall engage in” in subsection (c); and deleted “its intent to operate” following “to the department of” in the first sentence of subsection (d).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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