39 CFR § 762.12 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s762.12"
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title: "39 CFR § 762.12 - Definitions."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "762.12"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "POSTAL SERVICE DEBT OBLIGATIONS; DISBURSEMENT POSTAL MONEY ORDERS"
part_number: "762"
part_name: "DISBURSEMENT POSTAL MONEY ORDERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "39 U.S.C. 401(2), 401(3), 401(4), 401(10), and 404(6)."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 52371, Nov. 10, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "762"
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# 762.12 Definitions.

As used in part 762 of this chapter, the term:

(a) *Disbursement Postal Money Order* means a money order (described in Part 762) issued by the Postal Service to pay one of its own obligations.

(b) *Federal Reserve Bank* means a Federal Reserve Bank or branch thereof.

(c) *Financial organization* means any bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or similar institution, or Federal or State chartered credit union.

(d) *Person* or *persons* means an individual or individuals, or an organization or organizations, whether incorporated or not, including all forms of banking institutions.

(e) *Presenting Bank* means a bank or other depositor of a Federal Reserve Bank which presents Disbursement Postal Money Orders to and receives credit therefor from a Federal Reserve Bank.

(f) *Reclamation* means the action taken by the Postal Service to obtain refund of the amounts of paid Disbursement Postal Money Orders.

(g) *Postal Service* means the U.S. Postal Service.