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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="12-114" title_number="12" title_name="Miscellaneous Institutions and Activities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Check Cashing Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A licensee shall keep the books and records that the Commissioner requires to determine compliance with this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless a longer period is expressly required by State or federal law, a licensee shall retain the records required under this subtitle for a period of at least 2 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A licensee may retain the records required under this subtitle at any location, if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notifies the Commissioner in writing of the location of the records; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Makes the records available at the licensed location, as agreed by the Commissioner and the licensee, within 7 days after a written request for examination by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In addition to any other books and records that the Commissioner may require, a licensee shall retain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A chronological register of all payment instruments cashed by the licensee showing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The name of the customer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The transaction date;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The type and amount of payment instrument;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The amount of fee charged; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A complete description of the identification presented by the customer; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The licensee’s bank statements and canceled checks.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A licensee shall retain the records required under this section in one of the following ways:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Original form;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An electronic equivalent approved by the Commissioner; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A microphotographic copy approved by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
