Section 53B.21 Authorized Delegate Conduct
53B.21 AUTHORIZED DELEGATE CONDUCT.
(a) An authorized delegate shall not make any fraudulent or false statement or misrepresentation to a licensee or to the commissioner.
(b) An authorized delegate shall conduct its money transmission activities in a safe and sound manner.
(c) An authorized delegate shall cooperate with an investigation conducted by the commissioner under this chapter by providing any relevant information in its possession that the commissioner cannot reasonably obtain from another source.
(d) An authorized delegate is under a duty to act only as authorized under the contract with the licensee and any authorized delegate who exceeds its authority is subject to cancellation of its contract.
(e) All funds, less fees, received by an authorized delegate of a licensee from the sale or delivery of a payment instrument issued by a licensee or received by an authorized delegate for transmission, constitute trust funds owned by and belonging to the licensee from the time the funds are received by the authorized delegate until the time when the funds or an equivalent amount are remitted by the authorized delegate to the licensee. If an authorized delegate commingles any funds with other funds or property owned or controlled by the authorized delegate, all commingled proceeds and other property must be impressed with a trust in favor of the licensee in an amount equal to the amount of the proceeds due the licensee.
(f) For purposes of this section, "licensee" includes exempt entities.
History:
2001 c 148 s 22