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Hello and welcome to TreasuryDirect.

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Let's talk through the FS Form 1048:
The Claim for Lost,

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Stolen or Destroyed United States
Savings Bonds.

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This form can be used
to officially request replacement

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for unredeemed United States
Paper Savings Bonds

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that you no longer have
in your possession.

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Options include redemption
of all series of Paper Savings Bonds,

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reissue of unmatured HH Savings Bonds,

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or electronic reissue of Unmatured Series
EE or I

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The first step in the process
is to determine

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if you know the serial numbers
for the lost Bonds or not.

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If you know the serial numbers,
if the Bonds are dated prior to 1974,

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or if it is related to a disaster
declaration,

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you can print the form
on the TreasuryDirect.gov website

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by searching the forms
page for the FS Form 1048.

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If, however,
you do not know the serial numbers

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but believe that there are missing bonds
belonging to you,

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you will need to search for them
using the Treasury Hunt tool.

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We no longer will search for missing bonds
if the serial numbers are not provided

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and a Treasury Hunt
search has not been completed.

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The Treasury Hunt tool
allows you to search for missing Bonds

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using either the Social Security Number
or Employer Identification Number

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that is listed on the bond or by the name

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and state of one of the persons
listed on the Bond.

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Keep in mind that with the Social Security
Number search,

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it will be the Social Security Number
or Employer

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Identification Number of the person
who purchased the Security,

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not necessarily
the person listed on the Security.

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With the Name Search, put in any version
of the name that might appear on the Bond,

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including with
and without middle name or initial.

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Finally, the

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state will be the state
that the Bond was initially mailed to,

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not necessarily
the state that the customer lives in

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If Bonds are found during the search,
a claim Form

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1048 will be provided
with a special Treasury Hunt code

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allowing us to search for the details
of your missing Securities.

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If no information is found,
you can try again later

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as we update the data every month.

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Once you have opened the form,
you will start

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by providing a description of the Bonds
in section one.

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List as much information
as you have about the missing Bonds.

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The more information you provide,
the more in-depth the search can be.

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If you know the Serial Numbers
of the missing

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Bonds, enter
those in the Bond Number column.

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The table provided
allows you to list up to five Bonds.

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If you are missing more than five Bonds,
you can attach a list of additional Bonds

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or utilize the Form 3500 to add
additional Bonds to the claim form.

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If you are unsure of the Bond

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Serial Numbers, then provide a date
range of when the Bonds were issued,

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the face amount
and who was named on the Bonds.

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The second section is where
you will provide details of the loss,

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whether lost, stolen, or destroyed.

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If the Bonds were stolen attached
to the police report, if available.

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Section
three asks you to describe your authority

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over the Bonds,
whether you are named on the Bonds

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or are appointed by the Court
to act upon the missing Bonds.

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In section four,
you will add information, only

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if there is a current
minor named on the Bonds.

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Section
five asks what you would like to do

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with the Bonds, either
requesting a replacement or payment.

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In section six,
you will indicate how you wish to receive

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the bonds or payment, depending
on what you selected in section five.

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If you are requesting replacement
of series EE or I Bonds,

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you will need to have
a TreasuryDirect account set up

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so that you can provide
your TreasuryDirect account number.

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If you request payment,

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provide the Taxpayer Identification Number
that is being used for the redemption,

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either a Social Security Number
or Employer Identification Number.

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You must ensure that your bank account
used for direct

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deposit is set up to receive
electronic payments.

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Your routing number
cannot start with a number five

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as that is used
for electronic wire transfers.

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Once you have entered
all of the information required,

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all people named on the Bonds will sign
the form in the presence of a notary

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or certifying officer
at their local financial institution.

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They will verify your identity,
observe you sign,

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and affix an approved stamp or seal,
typically

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a signature guaranteed stamp.

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Once the form is complete,
you will mail it into the P.O.

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box, listed on page six of the form.

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And that's it.

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That's how to fill out the form 1048
Claim for Lost,

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Stolen,
or Destroyed United States Savings Bonds.