Florida Statutes 560.127 – Control of a money services business
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 560.127
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Money services business: means any person located in or doing business in this state, from this state, or into this state from locations outside this state or country who acts as a payment instrument seller, foreign currency exchanger, check casher, or money transmitter. See Florida Statutes 560.103
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means an individual, partnership, association, trust, corporation, limited liability company, or other group, however organized, but does not include a public agency or instrumentality thereof. See Florida Statutes 560.103
A person has a controlling interest in a money services business if the person:
(1) Possesses the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies of the money services business, whether through ownership, by contract, or otherwise;
(2) Directly or indirectly may vote 25 percent or more of a class of a voting security or sell or direct the sale of 25 percent or more of a class of voting securities; or
(3) In the case of a partnership, may receive upon dissolution or has contributed 25 percent or more of the capital.