This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(1) The United States or a department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
(2) The transmission of money by the United States Postal Service or by a contractor on behalf of the United States Postal Service.
(3) A state, county, city, or any other governmental agency or governmental subdivision of a state.
(4) Electronic funds transfer of governmental benefits for a federal, state, or governmental agency by a contractor on behalf of the United States or a department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or a state or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
(5) A board of trade designated as a contract market under the federal Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. Sections 1-25 (1994), or a person that, in the ordinary course of business, provides clearance and settlement services for a board of trade to the extent of its operation as or for such a board.
(6) A registered futures commission merchant under the federal commodities laws to the extent of its operation as such a merchant.
(7) A bank, bank holding company, office of an international banking corporation, or a branch of a foreign bank, provided that such international banking corporation or foreign bank is subject to regulation significantly similar to United States or state chartered banks and deposits are insured.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.
Chapter 7A - Alabama Monetary Transmission Act.
Section 8-7A-4 - Exemptions From Licensing.
Section 8-7A-5 - License Required.
Section 8-7A-6 - Application for License.
Section 8-7A-8 - Issuance of License.
Section 8-7A-9 - Renewal of License.
Section 8-7A-11 - Relationship Between Licensee and Authorized Delegate.
Section 8-7A-12 - Examinations.
Section 8-7A-15 - Suspension and Revocation.
Section 8-7A-16 - Unauthorized Activities.
Section 8-7A-17 - Orders to Cease and Desist and Other Injunctive or Civil Relief.
Section 8-7A-18 - Consent Orders.
Section 8-7A-19 - Civil Penalties.
Section 8-7A-20 - Criminal Penalties.
Section 8-7A-21 - Confidentiality.
Section 8-7A-22 - Cooperation.
Section 8-7A-23 - Investigation and Subpoenas by Commission.
Section 8-7A-25 - Burden of Proving an Exemption or an Exception From a Definition.
Section 8-7A-26 - Making, Amending, and Rescinding Rules and Prescribing Forms.