31 U.S.C. § 3712
Time limitations for presenting certain claims of the Government
United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective
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- 31 U.S.C. § 3712, Time limitations for presenting certain claims of the Government, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467702
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If the Secretary of the Treasury determines that a Treasury check has been paid over a forged or unauthorized endorsement, the Secretary may reclaim the amount of such check from the presenting bank or any other endorser that has breached its guarantee of endorsements prior to—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996