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§ 2323. Fees and charges

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)Effective: August 16, 2016

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 37. Check Casher Licensing Act (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 5. Enforcement
Effective: August 16, 2016
63 P.S. § 2323
§ 2323. Fees and charges
Currentness
(a) Allowable fees.--The licensee or any person subject to any provision of this act may collect the following fees for cashing a check:
(1) A sum not exceeding 1.5% of the face amount of a government check or 0.5% of the face amount of a government assistance check, provided the payee submits valid identification in the form of a driver's license, an identification card issued by the Department of Transportation or the equivalent; or
(2) A sum not exceeding 3% of the face amount of a payroll check.
(3) A sum not exceeding 10% of the face amount of a personal check.
(b) New customer fee.--Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the licensee or any person subject to any provision of this act may charge an initial fee not to exceed $10 to a new customer to cover the cost of investigating the customer's credit.
(c) Receipt of transaction.--The licensee or any person subject to any provision of this act shall provide a receipt of the transaction.
(d) Other goods and services.--
(1) The licensee or any person subject to any provision of this act shall not require consumers to purchase other goods or services in order to cash a check.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prevent a licensee or any person subject to this act from offering additional goods and services.
(e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
“Government assistance check.” A check issued by the Federal Government or State government on a continuing periodic basis by a government agency for the payment to the recipient payee of Federal or State assistance, Social Security, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, railroad retirement benefits, veterans benefits or housing assistance.
“Government check.” A check issued by the Federal Government, State government or local government other than a government assistance check.

Credits

1998, Feb. 18, P.L. 146, No. 22, § 503, effective in 60 days. Amended 2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1546, No. 200, § 1, effective in 60 days; 2016, June 17, P.L. 339, No. 45, § 3, effective in 60 days [Aug. 16, 2016].
63 P.S. § 2323, PA ST 63 P.S. § 2323
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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