{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-34-41-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 34-41-20","heading":"Licensure requirements.","body":"(A) No person or other entity may engage in the business of either Level I or Level II check-cashing service without first obtaining a license pursuant to this chapter. No person or other entity providing a Level I or Level II check-cashing service may avoid the requirements of this chapter by providing a check or other currency equivalent instead of currency when cashing payment instruments.\n(B) A person providing Level I or Level II check-cashing service on the effective date of this chapter may continue to engage in the business without a license until the board has acted upon the application for a license, but the application must be filed within sixty days after the effective date of this chapter.","path":["Title 34 - BANKING, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MONEY","CHAPTER 41 Check-Cashing Services"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t34c041.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:07:09Z","sha256":"6a1644fa3bdefdc00e89d2d9e1f1516573e988d3872e9c3202b6567a239c90df","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-34-41-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-34-41-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}