31 CFR § 256.52 - How does Fiscal Service issue a payment?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s256.52"
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title: "31 CFR § 256.52 - How does Fiscal Service issue a payment?"
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "256.52"
section_name: "How does Fiscal Service issue a payment?"
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "256"
part_name: "OBTAINING PAYMENTS FROM THE JUDGMENT FUND AND UNDER PRIVATE RELIEF BILLS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 1304, 3728; 41 U.S.C. 612; 5 U.S.C. 2301 note."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 60849, Oct. 17, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "256"
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# 256.52 How does Fiscal Service issue a payment?

Pursuant to 31 CFR part 208, Judgment Fund payments are to be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT). Fiscal Service will issue an electronic payment to the payee's account as specified on the appropriate Judgment Fund form. If a submitting agency determines that a waiver (in accordance with 31 CFR part 208) to the requirement for payment by EFT is appropriate, Fiscal Service will issue a payment by check. The Voucher for Payment must direct payment to the payee designated in the judgment or settlement agreement.