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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="12-102" title_number="12" title_name="Miscellaneous Institutions and Activities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Check Cashing Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subtitle does not apply to check cashing services:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In which a customer presents a payment instrument for the exact amount of a purchase; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Involving foreign currency exchange services or the cashing of a payment instrument drawn on a financial institution other than a federal, State, or other state financial institution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subtitle does not apply to a transaction that is subject to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law (Title 12, Subtitle 3 of the Commercial Law Article and Title 11, Subtitle 2 of this article), including a transaction in which an additional fee is charged to defer the presentment or deposit of a payment instrument until a subsequent date.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A check cashing service is not subject to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The fee charged for the check cashing service does not exceed the fee permitted under this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>No additional fee is charged to defer the presentment or deposit of the payment instrument; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The check cashing service is not subject to renewal or extension by any means.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
