31 CFR § 245.5 - Recertification of payment.

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title: "31 CFR § 245.5 - Recertification of payment."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "245.5"
section_name: "Recertification of payment."
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "245"
part_name: "CLAIMS ON ACCOUNT OF TREASURY CHECKS"
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authority: "R.S. 3646, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 3328; 31 U.S.C. 3331."
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# 245.5 Recertification of payment.

Upon receipt of a claim concerning the nonreceipt, loss, destruction, mutilation or defacement of a check, or the cancellation of a check pursuant to § 240.4 of this chapter, the certifying agency may certify a new payment.