Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102
§421 Examination of Plates and Dies
Title 12 › CHAPTER 3 — FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER XII — FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES › § 421
Summary
Treasury Secretary can inspect Federal Reserve note printing materials and set rules.
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Title 12, §421
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The Secretary of the Treasury may examine the plates, dies, bed pieces, and other material used in the printing of Federal Reserve notes and issue regulations relating to such examinations.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section is comprised of the tenth (formerly the eleventh) par. of section 16 of act Dec. 23, 1913. For classification to this title of other pars. of section 16, see Codification note set out under section 411 of this title.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–325, which directed general amendment of “[t]he 11th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 421)”, was executed to this section to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The examination of plates, dies, bed pieces, and so forth, and
Regulations
relating to such examination of plates, dies, and so forth, of national-bank notes provided for in section 108 of this title, is extended to include notes herein provided for.”
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Citation
12 U.S.C. § 421
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102