Oregon Code § 717.220·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
License application; rules.
(1)(a) A person shall apply for a license under ORS 717.200 to 717.320, 717.900
and 717.905 in writing on a form and in a format the Director of the Department
of Consumer and Business Services prescribes by rule.
(b) The director,
by rule, may conform the practices, procedures and information that the
Department of Consumer and Business Services uses to issue and renew licenses
for conducting a money transmission business to the requirements of the
Nationwide Multistate Licensing System.
(2) For all
applicants, the application must contain:
(a) The applicants
exact name and principal address, any fictitious name, assumed business name or
trade name the applicant uses to conduct business and the location of the
applicants business records;
(b) The history
of the applicants material litigation and criminal convictions for the
five-year period before the date of the application;
(c) A history of
operations and a description of the business activities in which the applicant
seeks to engage in this state;
(d) A list of the
applicants proposed authorized delegates in the state, if any, at the time the
applicant files the license application;
(e) A sample
authorized delegate contract, if applicable;
(f) A sample form
of payment instrument, if applicable;
(g) The address
of each location at which the applicant and the applicants authorized
delegates, if any, propose to conduct a money transmission business in this
state;
(h) The name and
address of the clearing bank or banks on which the applicants payment
instruments will be drawn or through which the payment instruments will be
payable;
(i) A business
plan; and
(j) Fingerprints
for each individual who has an ownership interest in the applicant and for each
individual with supervisory responsibility over the applicants activities,
with which the director may conduct a criminal records check that the director
may process through the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System.
(3) If the
applicant is a corporation, the application must contain all of these items:
(a) The date of
the applicants incorporation and state of incorporation.
(b) A certificate
of good standing from the state in which the applicant was incorporated.
(c) A description
of the corporate structure of the applicant, including the identity of any
parent or subsidiary of the applicant, and the disclosure of whether any parent
or subsidiary is publicly traded on any stock exchange.
(d) The name,
business and residence address and employment history for the past five years
of the applicants executive officers and the officers or managers who will be
in charge of the applicants money transmission business.
(e) The name,
business and residence address of the applicants controlling shareholders and
the controlling shareholders employment histories for the five-year period
before the date of the application.
(f) The history
of material litigation and criminal convictions for all of the applicants
executive officers and controlling shareholders in the five-year period before
the date of the application.
(g) A copy of the
applicants most recent audited financial statement, including balance sheet,
statement of income or loss, statement of changes in shareholder equity and
statement of changes in financial position and, if available, a copy of the
applicants audited financial statements for the immediately preceding two-year
period. If the applicant is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation,
the applicant may submit either the parent corporations consolidated audited
financial statements for the current year and for the immediately preceding
two-year period, or the parent corporations Form 10K reports filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission for the prior three years, in
lieu of the applicants financial statements. If the applicant is a wholly
owned subsidiary of a corporation with a principal place of business outside
the United States, the applicant may submit similar documentation filed with
the parent corporations foreign regulator to satisfy the requirements of this
paragraph.
(h) Copies of all
filings, if any, the applicant made with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, or with a similar regulator in a country other than the
United States, within the year preceding the date of the application.
(4) If the
applicant is not a corporation, the application must contain:
(a) The name,
business and residence address, personal financial statement and employment
history for the past five years of each principal of the applicant and the
name, business and residence address, and employment history for the past five
years of any other person that will be in charge of the applicants money
transmission business;
(b) The history
of material litigation and criminal convictions in the five-year period before
the date of the application for each individual w