39 CFR § 762.31 - Disbursement postal money orders issued to deceased payees.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t39/s762.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "39 CFR § 762.31 - Disbursement postal money orders issued to deceased payees."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "762.31"
section_name: "Disbursement postal money orders issued to deceased payees."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 762.31 Disbursement postal money orders issued to deceased payees.
(a) If the Disbursement Postal Money Order is endorsed by an Executor or Administrator and presented for payment by a bank it will be paid by the Postal Service without submission to the Postal Service of documentary proof of the authority of the Executor or Administrator.
(b) If an Executor or Administrator has not been appointed or if there is doubt as to whether the proceeds of the Disbursement Postal Money Order pass to the estate of the deceased payee, the instrument should be returned to the Money Order Division, Postal Data Center, P.O. Box 14963, St. Louis, MO 63182, for determination whether, under applicable laws, payment is due, and for reissuance to the appropriate payee.