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Get help for lost, stolen, or destroyed HH savings bond
If your paper savings bond is lost, stolen, destroyed, or mutilated, you can ask for a replacement.
You have 2 options - a new paper bond or cash
If you choose to get a new paper bond, we will mail your replacement HH bond to you.
If you do not want the replacement paper bond, you can ask us to cash the bond
FS Form 1048
For us to replace or cash your HH savings bond, you must fill out and submit FS Form 1048. To get the correct version, answer this question:
Do you know your bonds’ serial numbers?
- If your bond was issued before 1974, use this FS Form 1048. Use this version even though you don’t know the serial numbers.
- If your bond was issued in 1974 or after, go to Treasury Hunt. Enter the information Treasury Hunt requests. If the system finds your bonds, it will give you a special version of FS Form 1048 that enables us to process your claim without serial numbers. Make sure the form shows a reference number at the top, then complete the form. Sign it in the presence of a notary or a certifying official. Mail the form to the address on the form.
What to do if you later find the lost bond
Once we replace or cash your bond, the original bond no longer belongs to you. It belongs to the U.S. government.
If you later find your lost bond, please return it to us. Send it to:
Treasury Retail Securities Services
P.O. Box 9150
Minneapolis, MN 55480-9150