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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="12-120" title_number="12" title_name="Miscellaneous Institutions and Activities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Check Cashing Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in § 15-802(b) of the Commercial Law Article and subsection (b) of this section, a licensee may not charge any other fee, including late fees or other service fees, for accepting or cashing a payment instrument in excess of the greater of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>2% of the face amount of the payment instrument or $3, if the payment instrument is issued by the federal government or a state or local government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>10% of the face amount of a payment instrument or $5, if the payment instrument is a personal check; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>4% of the face amount of the payment instrument or $5, for any other payment instrument.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A licensee may charge a customer a one-time membership fee not to exceed $5.</text>
  </level>
</section>
