31 U.S.C. § 5325
Identification required to purchase certain monetary instruments
United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective
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- 31 U.S.C. § 5325, Identification required to purchase certain monetary instruments, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467810
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No financial institution may issue or sell a bank check, cashier’s check, traveler’s check, or money order to any individual in connection with a transaction or group of such contemporaneous transactions which involves United States coins or currency (or such other monetary instruments as the Secretary may prescribe) in amounts or denominations of $3,000 or more unless—
the individual has a transaction account with such financial institution and the financial institution—
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.
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally