Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73
§266 State-chartered banks and other institutions as depositaries of public money; fiscal agents; duties
Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION › § 266
Summary
State-chartered banks, state savings institutions, and credit unions whose deposits are insured by a state may hold federal money and act as agents for handling U.S. government funds. The Treasury Secretary can put public money in them, must set rules for that, and they must carry out reasonable duties, like helping collect taxes.
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Title 12, §266
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Banks, savings banks, and savings and loan, building and loan, homestead associations (including cooperative banks), and credit unions created under the laws of any State and the deposits or accounts of which are insured by a State or agency thereof or corporation chartered pursuant to the laws of any State may be depositaries of public money and may be employed as fiscal agents of the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to deposit public money in any such institution, and shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to enable such institutions to become depositaries of public money and fiscal agents of the United States. Each such institution shall perform all such reasonable duties as depositary of public money and fiscal agent of the United States as may be required of it including services in connection with the collection of taxes and other obligations owed the United States.
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Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Reserve Act, which comprises this chapter.
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12 U.S.C. § 266
Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73