31 CFR § 321.23 - Paying agent fees and charges.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s321.23"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 321.23 - Paying agent fees and charges."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "321.23"
section_name: "Paying agent fees and charges."
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "321"
part_name: "PAYMENTS BY BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF DEFINITIVE UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND UNITED STATES SAVINGS NOTES (FREEDOM SHARES)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 391; 31 U.S.C. 321; 31 U.S.C. 3105, 3126."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 37511, Sept. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "321"
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# 321.23 Paying agent fees and charges.
(a) *Fees.* Fees may be paid as outlined in this section. A schedule setting out the fees, and the basis on which they are computed and paid, is separately published in the *Federal Register.* Current information is available from a TRS Site or online at *www.treasurydirect.gov.*
(b) *Discontinuance, reduction, or delay in fees.* The Secretary may authorize, upon notice in the *Federal Register,* the discontinuance, reduction, or delay of fee payments.
(c) *Charges to presenters.* A paying agent shall not make any charge whatever to persons entitled to request payment of securities, for redeeming them under the provisions of this part.
[77 FR 16167, Mar. 20, 2012]