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Identification Guide for Cashing Savings Bonds
This reference guide is for financial institutions cashing savings bonds. It describes procedures for verifying and documenting the identity of a customer cashing U.S. Savings Bonds and lists acceptable forms of identification.

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PD F 3900 - Identification Guide for Cashing U.S. Savings Bonds, PDF (File Size - 33.9K, File Uploaded January 14, 2026)

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About PDF Documents:

This document is available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To read or print a PDF document, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed on your PC. Adobe Systems Inc. permits the Bureau of Public Debt and other organizations to offer this software to the public free of charge. You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader suitable for your system from the Adobe web site.

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Printing Instructions:

The Identification Guide is formatted to print on legal size (11 X 14 inch) paper. However, it will also print on letter size (8 1/2 x 11 inch) paper if you follow these steps:

When the document opens in Adobe Acrobat Reader...

1. Click "File."
2. Click "Print."
3. On the print pop-up menu, check the "Shrink to Fit" box at the bottom left-hand corner of the menu.
4. Click "OK" to print.

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Updated March 7, 2026
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