Check-Cashing Businesses - Licensing and Fee Limits
Oregon Revised Statutes 697.500 to 697.555
Check cashing businesses that cash a check, warrant, or draft for a fee or service charge
must be licensed with the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS). There are
also limits on the fees that licensees may charge (see Maximum
fees). Licensees are required to conspicuously post their license and the fees they
charge for cashing payment instruments. Licensees are also required to file this notice
of fees charged with DCBS.
As of September 30, 2011, Oregon has 262 licensed check-cashing
businesses.