Authorized Representative Conduct

TITLE 26 BANKS AND BANKING CHAPTER 29 MONEY TRANSMISSION 26-2919. Authorized representative conduct. (1) An authorized representative shall not make any fraudulent or false statement or misrepresentation to a licensee or to the director. (2)  All money transmission or sale or issuance of payment instrument activities conducted by authorized representatives shall be strictly in accordance with the licensee’s written procedures provided to the authorized representative. (3)  An authorized representative shall remit all money owing to the licensee in accordance with the terms of the contract between the licensee and the authorized representative. (4)  All funds, less fees, received by an authorized representative of a licensee from the sale or delivery of a payment instrument issued by a licensee or received by an authorized representative for transmission shall, from the time such funds are received by such authorized representative until such time when the funds or an equivalent amount are remitted by the authorized representative to the licensee, constitute trust funds owned by and belonging to the licensee. If an authorized representative commingles any such funds with any other funds owned or controlled by the authorized representative, all commingled proceeds and other property shall be impressed with a trust in favor of the licensee in an amount equal to the amount of the proceeds due the licensee. (5)  An authorized representative shall report to the licensee the theft or loss of payment instruments within twenty-four (24) hours from the time he knew or should have known of such theft or loss.