31 CFR § 355.4 - Is there a time limit on cashing a fiscal agency check?

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title: "31 CFR § 355.4 - Is there a time limit on cashing a fiscal agency check?"
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "355.4"
section_name: "Is there a time limit on cashing a fiscal agency check?"
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "355"
part_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING FISCAL AGENCY CHECKS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 391; 31 U.S.C. Ch. 31."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 65700, Nov. 1, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "355"
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# 355.4 Is there a time limit on cashing a fiscal agency check?

A payor Reserve Bank may refuse to pay a fiscal agency check presented more than six (6) months after the issue date of the check. If the check is not presented within this time, you must follow the procedures in § 355.10.