Effective: April 6, 2007
Latest Legislation: House Bill 454 - 126th General Assembly
(A) No person, regardless of the location of that person, its facilities, or its agents, shall receive, directly or indirectly and by any means, money or its equivalent for transmission from a person located in this state, unless that person receiving the money or its equivalent for transmission is a licensee, an authorized delegate of a licensee that is not itself required to be licensed under division (B) of this section, or is one of the following:
(1) The United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States;
(2) The United States postal service;
(3) A state of the United States or any political subdivision of a state of the United States;
(4) A bank, credit union, savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or doing business under a license granted under Chapter 1119. of the Revised Code, a subsidiary or affiliate of a bank, savings and loan association, or savings bank, a credit union service organization, or an authorized representative of any of these;
(5) A contractor providing electronic transfer of government benefits on behalf of the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or on behalf of any state or any political subdivision of any state of the United States;
(6) A person the only money transmitter activity of which is to deliver payroll money on behalf of employers to employees by check or deposit in a checking or savings account at a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, savings association, or credit union;
(7) A person the only money transmitter activity of which is to accept prepayment for future purchases of that person's goods or services that are other than money transmitter services;
(8) A licensed securities, insurance, mortgage, or real estate broker or agent acting within the scope of its license;
(9) A person the only money transmitter activity of which is receiving money or its equivalent as an intermediary facilitating the closing of a sale of property or a loan;
(10) A retail seller of goods and services the only money transmitter activities of which are receipt of money or its equivalent from and to be delivered at the direction of an obligor on a credit card account for a credit card to be used solely for purchases from that retail seller or branded with the name of that retail seller or an affiliate of that retail seller;
(11) A person, the regulation of money transmitter activities under sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code of which, the superintendent of financial institutions determines would not serve the intended purposes of the regulation.
(B) No authorized delegate of a licensee also shall do accounting, verification, or reconciliation of transmissions completed or bank statements for a licensee, unless the authorized delegate also is a licensee.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 13 | Commercial Transactions
Chapter 1315 | Transmitters of Money; Check-Cashing Businesses
Section 1315.01 | Transmitters of Money Definitions.
Section 1315.02 | Recipient of Money to Be Licensed or Authorized.
Section 1315.03 | Application for Money Transmitter License - Confidentiality.
Section 1315.04 | Determination on Application - Conditional Approval.
Section 1315.05 | Continuing Duties of Licensees.
Section 1315.06 | Minimum Amount of Permissible Investments.
Section 1315.07 | Satisfactory Security Device Maintained.
Section 1315.08 | Quarterly Reports - Annual Financial Statements.
Section 1315.081 | Written Report of Specified Events.
Section 1315.09 | Records Required to Be Kept.
Section 1315.10 | Application for Approval of Control Acquisition.
Section 1315.101 | Approval of Application for Control Acquisition.
Section 1315.11 | Conduct of Activities Through Authorized Delegate.
Section 1315.12 | Examination of Records and Affairs of Licensee.
Section 1315.121 | Administrative Powers of Superintendent.
Section 1315.122 | Examination Information Privileged and Confidential.
Section 1315.13 | Superintendent to Establish Fees.
Section 1315.14 | Implementing Rules.
Section 1315.141 | Criminal Records Check to Be Requested by Superintendent.
Section 1315.15 | Notice of Charges - Cease and Desist Order.
Section 1315.151 | Suspension or Revocation of License.
Section 1315.152 | Civil Penalties for Violation or Breach.
Section 1315.153 | Injunctive Relief for Violation of Rc 1315.02.
Section 1315.16 | Enforcement Powers of Superintendent.
Section 1315.161 | Service of Notice, Subpoena, or Order.
Section 1315.17 | Administrative Hearing - Judicial Review - Enforcement of Order.
Section 1315.18 | Termination of Business - Approval of Plan - Implementation.
Section 1315.21 | Check-Cashing Businesses Definitions.
Section 1315.22 | Application for License to Operate Check-Cashing Business.
Section 1315.24 | Investigation of Violations - Hearings - Injunctive Relief.
Section 1315.25 | Conditions for Deposit of Checks Into Financial Institution.
Section 1315.26 | Limitations on Fees and Charges.
Section 1315.28 | Prohibited Acts - Damages for Violation.
Section 1315.30 | State to Solely Regulate Check-Cashing Business.
Section 1315.51 | Transaction Reporting, Money Laundering Definitions.
Section 1315.52 | Liberal Construction of Statutes.
Section 1315.53 | Reporting Transactions - Records.
Section 1315.54 | Investigations.