12 USC § 3411 - Duty of financial institutions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s3411"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 3411 - Duty of financial institutions"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "3411"
section_name: "Duty of financial institutions"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–630, title XI, § 1111, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3705.)"
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# § 3411. Duty of financial institutions

section 3403(b) of this title

Upon receipt of a request for financial records made by a Government authority under section 3405 or 3407 of this title, the financial institution shall, unless otherwise provided by law, proceed to assemble the records requested and must be prepared to deliver the records to the Government authority upon receipt of the certificate required under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–630, title XI, § 1111, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3705.)

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