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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 487.2156

  • Check: means a draft that is payable on demand and drawn on a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
  • Commissioner: means the director or his or her authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • deferred presentment service transaction: means a transaction between a licensee and a customer under which the licensee agrees to do all of the following:
    (i) Pay to the customer an agreed-upon amount in exchange for a fee. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
  • Drawer: means a customer who enters into a deferred presentment service transaction with a licensee. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Licensee: means a person that is licensed to engage in the business of providing deferred presentment service transactions under this act. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
  • Maturity date: means the date on which a drawer's check is to be redeemed, presented for payment, or entered into the check-clearing process in a deferred presentment service transaction. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity except a governmental entity. See Michigan Laws 487.2122
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  •     (1) No later than the close of business on the day he or she signed a deferred presentment service agreement, a drawer who believes that a licensee has violated this act may notify the licensee in person that the licensee has violated the act. The drawer shall identify the nature of the violation and provide documentary or other evidence of the violation at that time.
        (2) At any time before signing a new deferred presentment service agreement with a licensee, a drawer who believes that the licensee has violated this act in connection with a deferred presentment service transaction may deliver to the licensee a notice in writing that the licensee has violated the act. The drawer shall identify the nature of the violation and include documentary or other evidence of the violation in the notice.
        (3) No later than the close of the third business day after receipt of a notice under subsection (1) or (2), the licensee shall determine if it has violated the law as alleged in the notice.
        (4) If the licensee determines that it has violated the law, it shall return to the drawer the check it received in the deferred presentment service transaction and any service fee paid by the drawer to the licensee. The drawer shall deliver to the licensee cash or a cash equivalent in an amount equal to the amount of cash the drawer received in the transaction. In addition, the licensee shall make restitution to the drawer for each violation in an amount equal to 5 times the amount of the fee charged in the deferred presentment service transaction, but not less than $15.00 or more than the face amount of the drawer’s check. A licensee that makes restitution for a violation under this subsection may be subject to a civil action under section 53 with respect to that violation. A licensee that makes restitution for a violation under this subsection shall immediately notify the commissioner of that action. The licensee shall give the commissioner detailed information about the terms of the deferred presentment service transaction and shall provide other information requested by the commissioner.
        (5) If the licensee determines that it did not violate the law, the licensee shall immediately notify the commissioner and the drawer of that determination. The licensee shall give the commissioner detailed information about the terms of the deferred presentment service transaction and shall provide other information requested by the commissioner. The licensee shall include in the notification to the drawer that the drawer has the right to file a written complaint with the office if he or she does not agree with the determination that the licensee did not violate the law. The licensee shall include in the notice detailed information on how the drawer can contact the office to obtain a complaint form.
        (6) A drawer who receives a notice of determination by the licensee that it did not violate the law may file a written complaint with the office on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The drawer shall include with the complaint documentary or other evidence of the violation.
        (7) If the licensee has otherwise complied with this section and has determined that it did not violate the law, the licensee may present the drawer’s check for payment on or after the maturity date. If a check presented for payment under this subsection is not honored, and the licensee is not in violation of this act in connection with the deferred presentment service transaction, the licensee may initiate any lawful collection effort.
        (8) The commissioner shall promptly investigate a complaint filed by a drawer under this section. If after investigating the drawer’s complaint, the commissioner concludes that the licensee violated this act, the commissioner may order the licensee to make restitution to the drawer in an amount equal to 3 times the amount provided for in subsection (4), but not less than $45.00 or more than 3 times the face amount of the drawer’s check. A licensee ordered to pay restitution under this subsection is also subject to any other applicable penalties and remedies available under this act for the violation.
        (9) A licensee shall enter information regarding alleged violations and determinations under this section into the database as required by the commissioner.