Ind. Code § 28-8-5-16
Check cashing requirements
Redline — January 1, 2018 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 16. (a) A licensee must do the following:
Sec. 16. (a) A licensee must do the following:
(1) Conspicuously display at each place of business a notice to the public stating the maximum charges for cashing checks.
(1) Conspicuously display at each place of business a notice to the public stating the maximum charges for cashing checks.
(2) Make payment to a customer for whom a check is being cashed upon presentment of the check.
(2) Make payment to a customer for whom a check is being cashed upon presentment of the check.
(3) Endorse the name in which the licensee is licensed on all checks before depositing them in a financial institution.
(3) Endorse the name in which the licensee is licensed on all checks before depositing them in a financial institution.
(4) Cash a check made payable only to a natural person as payee unless the licensee has previously obtained appropriate documentation from a payee clearly indicating the authority of the natural person or persons cashing the check on behalf of the payee.
(4) Cash a check made payable only to a natural person as payee unless the licensee has previously obtained appropriate documentation from a payee clearly indicating the authority of the natural person or persons cashing the check on behalf of the payee.
(b) If a licensee engages in a check cashing transaction in which the amount on the check is at least three thousand dollars ($3,000) or in which the sum of the amounts on two (2) or more checks from the same customer on the same day total at least three thousand dollars ($3,000), the licensee must obtain:
(b) If a licensee engages in a check cashing transaction in which the amount on the check is at least three thousand dollars ($3,000) or in which the sum of the amounts on two (2) or more checks from the same customer on the same day total at least three thousand dollars ($3,000), the licensee must obtain:
(1) the thumbprint of the customer or a photograph of both the customer and the check;
(1) the thumbprint of the customer or a photograph of both the customer and the check;
(2) the full name of the customer;
(2) the full name of the customer;
(3) the residence address of the customer; and
(3) the residence address of the customer; and
(4) the identification of the customer by: (i) Social Security number; (ii) driver's license number; (iii) passport number; or (iv) other traceable record.
(4) the identification of the customer by: (A) Social Security number; (B) driver's license number; (C) passport number; or (D) other traceable record.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.