31 CFR § 601.3 - Distinctive paper.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s601.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 601.3 - Distinctive paper."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "601.3"
section_name: "Distinctive paper."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "601"
part_name: "DISTINCTIVE PAPER AND DISTINCTIVE COUNTERFEIT DETERRENTS FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES"
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. 418, 421; 18 U.S.C. 474A; 31 U.S.C. 321."
regulatory_source: "88 FR 43063, July 6, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "601"
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# 601.3 Distinctive paper.

The distinctive paper is a cream-white currency note paper with fibers, colored red and blue, evenly distributed throughout the currency note paper. The distinctive paper shall contain distinctive counterfeit deterrents in the currency note paper denominations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.