Nevada Code § 671.135

Permissible investments: Types; limitations
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1. The following are permissible
investments for the purposes of NRS 671.125 :
(a) Cash, including demand deposits, savings
deposits and money in accounts held for the benefit of the customers of the
licensee in a federally insured depository financial institution or privately
insured depository financial institution;
(b) Cash equivalents, including, without
limitation, automated clearinghouse items in transit to the licensee and
automated clearinghouse items or international wires in transit to a payee,
cash in transit by means of an armored car, cash in smart safes, cash in
locations owned by the licensee, transmission receivables which are funded by a
debit card or credit card and owed by any bank or money market mutual funds
rated AAA by Standard and Poors Rating Services or the equivalent from any
eligible rating service;
(c) Certificates of deposit or senior debt
obligation of an insured depository institution, as defined in 12 U.S.C. 
1813, as amended, insured credit union, as defined in 12 U.S.C. 1752, as
amended, or privately insured financial depository institution;
(d) An obligation of the United States or a
commission, agency or instrumentality thereof;
(e) An obligation that is guaranteed fully as to
principal and interest by the United States;
(f) An obligation of a state or a governmental
subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof;
(g) The full drawable amount of an irrevocable
standby letter of credit for which the stated beneficiary is the Division of
Financial Institutions and which:
(1) Stipulates that the beneficiary need
only draw a sight draft under the letter of credit and present it to obtain
money up to the letter of credit amount within 7 days of presentation of the
items required by NRS 671.145 ; and
(2) Satisfies the requirements set forth
in NRS 671.145 ; and
(h) One hundred percent of the surety bond or
deposit provided pursuant to NRS 671.100 or 671.110 that exceeds the average
daily money transmission liability in this State.
2. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, the following investments are permissible investments subject to
the limitations set forth in this subsection:
(a) Receivables that are payable to a licensee
from the authorized delegates of the licensee in the ordinary course of
business that are less than 7 days old, except that:
(1) The total value of all such
receivables may not exceed 50 percent of the aggregate value of the total
permissible investments of the licensee; and
(2) The value of such receivables that are
payable to a licensee from a single authorized delegate may not exceed 10
percent of the aggregate value of the total permissible investments of a
licensee;
(b) Any of the following investments:
(1) A short-term investment of 6 months or
less bearing an eligible rating;
(2) Commercial paper bearing an eligible
rating;
(3) A bill, note, bond or debenture
bearing an eligible rating;
(4) United States tri-party repurchase
agreements collateralized at 100 percent or more with securities of the United
States or an agency of the United States, municipal bonds or other securities bearing
an eligible rating;
(5) Money market mutual funds rated A-
or higher but less than AAA by Standard and Poors Rating Services or the
equivalent from any other eligible rating service; and
(6) A mutual fund or other investment fund
composed solely and exclusively of one or more investments specified in
paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive, of subsection 1,
except that
the value of any single investment specified in subparagraphs (1) to (6),
inclusive, may not exceed 20 percent of the aggregate value of the total
permissible investments of the licensee and the total value of all such
investments may not exceed 50 percent of the total permissible investments of
the licensee; and
(c) Cash, including, without limitation, demand
deposits, savings deposits and funds in such accounts held for the benefit of
the customers of the licensee, at a foreign depository institution if the
licensee has received a satisfactory rating on the most recent examination
conducted on the licensee and the foreign depository institution:
(1) Has an eligible rating;
(2) Has registered with the Internal
Revenue Service and obtained a global intermediary identification number in
accordance with 26 C.F.R. 1.1471-0 et seq.;
(3) Is not located in any country subject
to sanctions from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States
Department of the Treasury; and
(4) Is not located in a jurisdiction that
is listed on the list of high-risk jurisdictions subject to a call for action
or jurisdictions under increased monitoring maintained by the Financial Action
Task Force,
except that
the total amount of such cash may not exceed 10 percent of the aggregate value
of the total permissible investments of the licensee.
3. The Commissioner may allow any
investment specified in subsection 2 to exceed the limits prescribed in that
subsection.

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