1. (1) Applications for money service business licenses must be made in accordance with the provisions of Sections 560.1401, 560.141, 560.143, and 560.1115, F.S. Further, application for a money services business license involving payment instrument sales or money transmission must also comply with Section 560.205, F.S. The application form for applying hereunder is Application for Licensure as a Money Services Business, Form OFR-560-01, which is incorporated by reference in Rule 69V-560.1012, F.A.C. The form required under Section 560.1115(3), F.S., is Money Services Business Attestation Form, Form OFR-560-10, which is incorporated by reference in Rule 69V-560.1012, F.A.C.
2. (2) Except for applicants that are publicly traded, each person listed in question 5G of the Application for Licensure as a Money Services Business, Form OFR-560-01, must submit fingerprints through a live-scan vendor approved by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. A list of approved vendors is published on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s website at http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Criminal-History-Records/Registered-LiveScan-Submitters. Such fingerprints will be submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for a state criminal background check and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a Federal criminal background check. The cost of the fingerprinting process shall be borne by the applicant and paid directly to the live-scan vendor.
3. (3) An applicant for a money services business license who intends to engage in conduct as a custodian of gold coin or silver coin is required to be examined by the Office prior to granting a license as required in s. 560.141(3), F.S. Upon receiving all requirements for licensure and a determination that the applicant otherwise qualifies for the license, except for the pre-license examination, the Office will contact the applicant and schedule a mutually agreed upon date for the pre-license examination. The applicant must agree to schedule the examination within sixty-days (60) after notification by the office that the applicant is ready for a pre-license examination, or the application will be deemed abandoned pursuant to subsection (4) below. The applicant agrees to be cooperative and not delay or hinder the office’s efforts to properly conduct the pre-license examination including any request for records necessary to determine the applicant’s ability to conduct business immediately upon opening for business. The application will not be deemed complete pursuant to s. 120.60(1), F.S., until a Report of Examination has been sent to the applicant’s contact person’s email address provided in Form OFR-560-01 and confirmed received by an email from the applicant. The date of the email confirmation from the applicant acknowledging receipt of the Report of Examination will be the date the application is deemed complete.
4. (4) Request for Additional Information. Any request for additional information will be made by the Office within thirty (30) days after receipt of the application. The additional information must be received by the Office within forty-five (45) days from the date of the request. The Office will grant a request for an additional forty-five (45) days to submit the additional information. The Office will not grant a request after the original forty-five (45) day deadline has passed. Failure to timely provide all additional information shall result in the application being deemed abandoned, which will result in the application being removed from further consideration by the Office and closed.
5. (5) Withdrawal of Application. An application may be withdrawn if the applicant submits a request through the REAL system (https://real.flofr.com/) before the application is approved or denied.

6. (6) Amendments to Pending Applications. If the information contained in any application form for licensure as a money services business, or in any amendment thereto, becomes inaccurate for any reason, the applicant shall promptly file an amendment correcting such information on Form OFR-560-01. An applicant may amend the application as to those factors generally within the control or selection of the applicant once, as a matter of course, at any time within thirty (30) days from receipt of the application by the Office. Otherwise, the application may be amended only with prior written permission from the Office. The Office will grant permission to amend the application, unless the amendment constitutes a material change to the application. Requests to make changes which are material to the application will be deemed by the Office to be grounds for denial, and a new application, accompanied by the appropriate filing fee, will be required. Material changes include:

   1. (a) Changes in net worth;
   2. (b) The substitution or addition of a control person;
   3. (c) Any change relating to the bond or collateral security item;
   4. (d) A change to a response to the disclosure questions listed in section 6 on Form OFR-560-01;
   5. (e) A change to disclosure questions listed in section 3 on the biographical summary on Form OFR-560-01; and
   6. (f) A change to 5E. iv., v., or vi in Form OFR-560-01.
7. (7) A money services business currently licensed with the Office that intends to engage in conduct as a custodian of gold coin or silver coin and that has not been approved to engage in such conduct under its current license, must file a new money services business license application with the Office. Additionally, the money services business shall file with the Office, at the time the new application is filed, a notice of termination of licensure on Form OFR-560-01, effective upon disposition of the new application by the Office.
8. (8) Form OFR-560-01 is incorporated by reference in Rule 69V-560.1012, F.A.C.

Rulemaking Authority 560.105, 560.1115, 560.118, 560.209, 560.403 FS. Law Implemented 560.1115, 560.1401, 560.141, 560.143, 560.1235, 560.204, 560.205, 560.209, 560.303, 560.403, 943.053 FS. History–New 9-24-97, Amended 11-4-01, 12-11-03, Formerly 3C-560.102, Amended 7-15-07, 6-17-08, 12-25-08, 1-13-09, 1-2-14, 11-28-19, 2-16-23, 8-3-23, 7-1-26.