The provisions of this article shall not apply to:(a) Any bank, trust company, savings association, savings and loan association, savings bank or credit union which is chartered under the laws of this state or under federal law and domiciled in this state.(b) Any person who cashes checks at their face value and does not charge the consumer a fee or otherwise receive any consideration from the consumer.(c) Any person principally engaged in the retail sale of goods or services who, either as an incident to or independently of a retail sale, may from time to time cash checks for a fee, not exceeding three percent (3%) of the face amount of the check or Ten Dollars ($10.00), whichever is greater. However, the fee shall be conspicuously posted for public view. Laws, 1998, ch. 587, § 4; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1999, ch. 481, § 4; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2003, ch. 341, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 488, § 4; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 309, § 4, eff. 2/24/2011.Reenacted without change by Laws, 2013, ch. 408, HB 559, 4, eff. 3/20/2013.
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