United States Savings Bonds stolen?
by admin ~ January 11th, 2010 . Filed under: Personal Finance .
ughhh asked:
I recently turned 18 and had my savings bonds stolen. I am trying to have these replaced, but have no idea to go about this. Any help whatsoever would help immensely. The legal way is the way i want to go about this.
Azalee Kratt
I recently turned 18 and had my savings bonds stolen. I am trying to have these replaced, but have no idea to go about this. Any help whatsoever would help immensely. The legal way is the way i want to go about this.
Azalee Kratt
January 12th, 2010 at 7:58 am
It’s actually quite easy. One good thing about US Bonds is that they are not bearer bonds (meaning that anyone holding them can exchange them). In fact the owner’s social security number is printed on the front of the bonds, and only the owner (without court order or power of attorney) can cash in the bonds.
If they are stolen, you should contact the United States Treasury and give them your information and they can send replacements. In the future, it is a good idea to scan copies of documents like this and save them in a file on your computer so that you have the bond serial numbers.
Try this website and fill out the appropriate form.