Reports on domestic coins and currency transactions

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Title 31—MONEY AND FINANCE > SUBTITLE IV—MONEY > CHAPTER 53—MONETARY TRANSACTIONS > SUBCHAPTER II—RECORDS AND REPORTS ON MONETARY INSTRUMENTS TRANSACTIONS

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When a domestic financial institution is involved in a transaction for the payment, receipt, or transfer of United States coins or currency (or other monetary instruments the Secretary of the Treasury prescribes), in an amount, denomination, or amount and denomination, or under circumstances the Secretary prescribes by regulation, the institution and any other participant in the transaction the Secretary may prescribe shall file a report on the transaction at the time and in the way the Secretary prescribes. A participant acting for another person shall make the report as the agent or bailee of the person and identify the person for whom the transaction is being made.

( Pub. L. 97–258 , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 996 ; Pub. L. 103–325, title IV, § 402(a) , Sept. 23, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2243 .)

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