{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-75-67-517","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 75-67-517","heading":"Maximum fees; advancing monies; time to deposit check.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no check cashing business licensed under this article shall directly or indirectly charge or collect fees for check cashing services in excess of the following:\n(a) Three percent (3%) of the face amount of the check or Five Dollars ($5.00), whichever is greater, for checks issued by the federal government, state government, or any agency of the state or agency of the state or federal government, or any county or municipality of this state.\n(b) Ten percent (10%) of the face amount of the check or Five Dollars ($5.00), whichever is greater, for personal checks.\n(c) Five percent (5%) of the face amount of the check or Five Dollars ($5.00), whichever is greater, for all other checks, or for money orders.\nA licensee may not advance monies on the security of any personal check unless the presenter attests that the check being presented is drawn on a legitimate, open and active account. Except as provided by Section 75-67-519, any licensee who cashes a check for a fee shall deposit the check not later than three (3) business days from the date the check is cashed.","path":["Title 75. Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments","Chapter 67. Loans","Article 11. Mississippi Check Cashers Act."],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.75.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:13Z","sha256":"36db3c6cbd8e07cd8b24f6a3246ead536016f2f6857952a8d05e11029dab8eea","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-75-67-516","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-75-67-519","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}