\nAs used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term:\n(1) 'Cashing' means providing currency for payment instruments, but does not include the bona fide sale or exchange of travelers checks and foreign denomination payment instruments.\n(2) 'Check-cashing service' means any person or entity engaged in the business of cashing checks, drafts, or money orders for a fee, service charge, or other consideration.\n(3) 'Commission' means the State Banking Commission.\n(4) 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Banks.\n(5) 'Licensee' means a person or entity licensed to engage in a check-cashing business under this Article.\n(6) 'Person' means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation. (1997-391, s. 1.)
North Carolina Legal Code
§ 53.275
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