You don't need Series HH/H bonds reissued simply because your address changes. However, we need to know where to send your year-end interest statement and other correspondence. If you're receiving interest payments by check, we also need to know where to send the checks.

HH/H Bond Owners

If you're a Series HH/H bond owner and want to change your address, you can update your account online using our free HH/H Internet Services.

To request a change by mail:

• send a completed Form PD F 5257 or
• send a letter with your address change information, including your social security number.

If you need to send us information, see How to Contact Us.

If you're a surviving co-owner, beneficiary, or the legal representative of an estate of a deceased Series HH/H bond owner, you may continue to receive interest that's due on the bonds without redeeming or reissuing the bonds. See Death of a Series HH/H Bond Owner for more information.

If you've already sent an acceptable copy of the power of attorney, you can change the address on the bond owner's account by sending:

• a completed Form PD F 5257 or
• a letter with the address change information, including the social security number on the account.

• Send the original power of attorney document or a certified copy. The document must bear a visible seal or stamp, certifying the signature of the bond owner. It needs to also be worded to authorize the attorney-in-fact to receive, endorse, and collect Series HH/H interest payments.
• If the power of attorney is more than three years old, furnish a statement advising that the document is in full force and effect.
• If more than one person is named as attorney-in-fact in the document, the change of address request must be signed by all who are named.
• Provide the serial numbers, the social security number, and name on the HH/H bonds and the address to appear on the account.

If a bond owner is unable to act on his or her own behalf, a guardian or conservator may be appointed by the court to act for that person. If an acceptable copy of the letters appointing you as guardian or conservator was already sent, you can change the address on the bond owner's account by sending:

• a completed Form PD F 5257 or
• a letter with the address change information, including the social security number on the account.

• Send a certified copy of the letters of appointment. The seal on the letters must be visible. If sending by fax and the seal is embossed, rub over the seal with carbon paper or lightly with a pencil and the seal will be visible on the faxed copy.
• Provide the serial numbers, the social security number, and name on the HH/H bonds and the address to appear on the account.

If you have a question regarding an address change that hasn't been answered, please contact us.