Related Links
MSB Forms and Applications
- Application & Reporting Forms
- Check Sellers and Money Transmitters: Required Reporting
- Laws, Regulations and Other Forms
- Bank Secrecy Act Information and News Items
- On-Line Payments/Reporting/Record Updates
- **RENEWALS**: Seller of Checks & Money Transmitter Renewals
FINGERPRINT PROCESSING - "GAPS"
Fingerprint processing is now available statewide through the Georgia Applicant Processing Services (GAPS). License and registration applicants who need to provide the Department with fingerprints for owners, officers and control persons, or for employees who may require the submission of fingerprint cards as a result of incomplete or questionable background check processing may now use the GAPS service. Out-of-state applicants without access to a Georgia GAPS location may still request fingerprint cards for submission directly to the Department. In-State applicants should use a GAPS location if possible. For more information and instructions, click on the GAPS links below. The GAPS form is a fillable form for completion and return to the Department. On-line requests for hardcopy cards will be handled generally on the next business day.
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GAPS Application/Instructions in Adobe - Revised 1/2010
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Applications: CHECK CASHER |
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Application for a Full Service Check Cashing LICENSE |
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Application for a Check Cashing REGISTRATION |
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CHANGE IN CONTROL Application for CHECK CASHER License/Registration |
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Applications & Semi-Annual Reporting Forms: SALE OF CHECK AND MONEY TRANSMISSION COMPANIES |
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>> Laws, Regulations and Other Forms: |
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State Code Sections and Regulations - Money Service Businesses: |
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Supervisory Employee Package, Employee Package, & Report of Apparent Crime: |
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Supervisory Employee Package (Check Cashers ONLY) |
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Employee Package (Check Cashers ONLY) |
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MSB-3 Form - Personnel Background & Credit Check Authorization (PDF Only) |
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Background Check Authorization Form ONLY - (PDF Only) |
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Report of Apparent Crime |
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Fingerprint Card Request Forms |
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Elements of a Sound Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program |
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Form 109 - MSB Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Form (Rev Instructions - October 1, 2008) |
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FinCEN/Interagency Guidance on BSA and Maintaining Banking Relationships |
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Money Service Business (MSB) Information (Links off-site to FINCEN)This link will take you to a website created to address the needs of a special category of financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) referred to as Money Services Businesses or MSBs. Click on the link above to learn more. |
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>> ON-LINE LICENSEE INFORMATION UPDATES AND REPORTING:
- Mailing Address Changes
- Main Office Relocation/Address Change
- Branch Office/Location Relocations/Address Change
- Office Closure Notification
- Contact Changes: Company, Complaint, Registered Agent
- On-line EXAMINATION FEE Payments
- On-line FINE Payments
Calendar Year 2010 CHECK SELLER & MONEY TRANSMITTER RENEWALS
License Period 01-01-2010 to 12-31-2010
RENEWAL PERIOD CLOSED
The 2010 license renewal application system is now closed. If you failed to renew your license by midnight December 31, 2009, you will have to apply for a REINSTATEMENT. Select from the appropriate link below during the open renewl period to renew your license.
RENEWAL FEES, DUE DATE, & PAYMENT TYPES:
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Access Information |
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CHECK SELLER Renewal Website |
Click Here | |
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MONEY TRANSMITTERS Renewal Website |
Click Here | |
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User ID |
Your License Number |
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Password |
Password Provided in Renewal Notice Letter |
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*INCOMPLETE or "INFORMATION REQUIRED" APPLICATIONS*: Should any additional information be required for any renewal, the licensee will be contacted by e-mail or fax ONLY. Renewals requiring additional information cannot be approved until such information is received and approved. All fines and fees must be paid. Submit any required supporting documentation along with the cover sheet provided at the end of the renewal application process.
*LATE FILINGS*: If you have attempted access but been unable to utilize this on-line system, contact the Department However, failure to complete the renewal in a timely manner will NOT prevent the assessment of the late fee if the renewal deadline has passed.
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Seller of Checks License |
Money Transmitters License |
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Renewal Fee |
$2,000 |
$1,000 |
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Late Fee |
Late Fee |
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Renewal Late Fee |
$300 |
$300 |
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DUE IN TO THE DEPARTMENT ANNUALLY ON OR BEFORE November 1 |
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LATE FEES ASSESSED BEGINNING November 1 |
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Payments-Online : Credit Card or ACH Draft |
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FY2010 CHECK CASHER RENEWALS
License/Registration Period 10-01-2009 to 9-30-2010
RENEWAL PERIOD CLOSED
The FY2010 license/registration renewal application system is now closed. Any licensee or registrant failing to renew their license or registration before it expired on September 30, 2009 must apply to have their license REINSTATED.
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Full Service LICENSE Renewal Website |
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REGISTRATION Renewal Website |
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User ID |
Your LICENSE or REGISTRATION Number |
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Password |
Password Provided in Renewal Notice Information |
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*PAYMENT*: On-line payments may be made by ACH (draft of your checking account) or by Visa, American Express, Discover, or MasterCard credit cards.
*INCOMPLETE or "INFORMATION REQUIRED" APPLICATIONS*: Should any additional information be required for any renewal, the licensee will be contacted by e-mail or fax ONLY. Renewals requiring additional information cannot be approved until such information is received and approved. All fines and fees must be paid. Submit any required supporting documentation along with the cover sheet provided at the end of the renewal application process.
*LATE FILINGS*: If you have attempted access but been unable to utilize this on-line system, contact the Department However, failure to complete the renewal in a timely manner will NOT prevent the assessment of the late fee if the renewal deadline has passed.
*QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS*: Please contact the Department with your renewal questions at: renewal@dbf.state.ga.us
RENEWAL FEES, DUE DATE, & PAYMENT TYPES:
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Full Service License |
Check Casher Registration |
Branch Fee-LICENSEES Only |
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$500 |
$100 |
$50/Location over 1 |
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Late Fee |
Late Fee |
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Renewal Late Fee |
$300 |
$100 |
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DUE IN TO THE DEPARTMENT ANNUALLY BY August 1 |
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LATE FEES ASSESSED BEGINNING August 2 |
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Payments-Online : Visa, Discover, MasterCard, American Express, or by ACH Draft |
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FY2010 LICENSE RENEWAL LINK (Select One) |
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Renewal Web Site: Registration or Full Service License |
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LICENSE REINSTATEMENTS - Money Service Businesses
Failure to have renewed the appropriate MSB license by the due dates noted above requires the reinstatement of the license. This requires the submission of a hard-copy license or registration application form and all supporting documents. The application form is the same available above for NEW licensees. Indicate "Reinstatement" when submitting the application form.
Once a reinstatement application is submitted, the licensee or registrant will be contacted only by e-mail or fax in the event additional information is required. Reinstatement applications requiring additional information cannot be approved until such additional information is received and approved. All fines and fees must be paid before a reinstatement license or registration is issued.