Deadline reference
MSB registration: renewal
31 CFR 1022.380(b)(2) and (b)(3). FinCEN, United States (federal). Recurring; binding rule.
Not legal advice. The period or date below is quoted from the official source with its conditions; whether and how it applies depends on your firm's facts and your actual regulatory correspondence. Confirm it in the official source.
Status: Active. Last checked 2026-11-09. All references.
Who it applies to
Money services businesses.
Registered money services businesses, for each renewal period after the initial registration period.
Sources: [1] § 1022.380(b)(2)
Exclusions
No exclusions recorded.
The published period or date
- Official text
- The registration form for a renewal period must be filed on or before the last day of the calendar year preceding the renewal period.
- Type
- Recurring
- Recurrence
- Each two-calendar-year renewal period; the form is due on or before the last day of the calendar year preceding that period.
- Legal status
- Binding rule.
- Effective
- Not stated to present
- Conditions and transitions
- The initial registration period is the two-calendar-year period beginning with the calendar year in which the business is first required to be registered. FinCEN's guidance page states that registration must be renewed every two years. Events requiring re-registration are set out in the next paragraph of the rule and are not reproduced here.
- Sources and locators
- [1] § 1022.380(b)(2) and (b)(3); [2] Introductory text
No due date is computed here. The toolkit does not interpret event-relative periods, count business days or hold a holiday calendar.
Cite
Cite the official source first. Then: Taft Compliance Group, Exam-prep toolkit (draft), deadline reference dl-msb-registration-renewal, https://taftcompliance.com/resources/exam-prep-toolkit/deadlines/dl-msb-registration-renewal, last checked 2026-11-09.
Sources
Office of the Federal Register, eCFR, 31 CFR 1022.380 Registration of money services businesses. rule. § 1022.380(b)(2) and (b)(3).
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-X/part-1022/section-1022.380
Checked 2026-11-09.
Supporting passage
(2) Registration period. A money services business must be registered for the initial registration period and each renewal period. The initial registration period is the two-calendar-year period beginning with the calendar year in which the money services business is first required to be registered. However, the initial registration period for a money services business required to register by December 31, 2001 (see paragraph (b)(3) of this section) is the two-calendar year period beginning 2002. Each two-calendar-year period following the initial registration period is a renewal period. (3) Due date. The registration form for the initial registration period must be filed on or before the end of the 180-day period beginning on the day following the date the business is established. The registration form for a renewal period must be filed on or before the last day of the calendar year preceding the renewal period.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Money Services Business (MSB) Registration. regulator guidance. Introductory text and Regulation Fact Sheet note.
https://www.fincen.gov/resources/money-services-business-msb-registration
Checked 2026-11-09.
Supporting passage
The form, Registration of Money Services Business, FinCEN Form 107, must be completed and signed by the owner or controlling person and filed within 180 days after the date on which the MSB is established. Registration must be renewed every two years. This guidance is intended to clarify general issues arising under 31 CFR Chapter X (formerly 31 CFR Part 103). The guidance does not replace or supersede the regulations.
Changes to this reference
No released changes.