Replacing or Reissuing a Paper EE Bond

Replacing or reissuing?

Replacing: If your paper bond is lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated, or you never received it, you can request a substitute electronic savings bond.

Reissuing: If you want to change who is named on the bond , or if there is a major error in the names, see: Reissuing Paper EE Bonds.

Note: Bonds that we replace or reissue will no longer be issued in paper form but, instead, will be issued as electronic bonds in TreasuryDirect. Instead of replacing the bond electronically, you can ask for your bond to be cashed.

If your paper EE bond is lost, stolen, or destroyed

We need the following information before searching for the record of your bond:

Bond serial number -- If you don’t have the bond serial number, provide all of the following:
- Specific month and year of purchase
- Complete social security number (for example 123-45-6789)
- Names, including middle names or initials
- Address (street, city, state)

To request a substitute electronic bond in a TreasuryDirect account:

Fill out Form PD F 1048.
You can do this in either of two ways:
- Order a paper Form PD F 1048
- Fill out Form PD F 1048 on-line
  The on-line form is in Adobe Acrobat PDF. If you do not have Acrobat Reader on your computer, download the free Acrobat Reader
Take the filled-out form to your financial institution to sign and have your signature certified according to the instructions on the form.
Mail the completed form to:

Bureau of the Fiscal Service
P.O. Box 7012
Parkersburg, WV 26106-7012

Note: Once you receive your bonds in a TreasuryDirect account or payment for lost bonds, the original paper bonds are no longer yours. They belong to the U.S. government. If you later find the original bonds, please return them to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service at the Parkersburg, West Virginia, address listed above.

Reissuing Paper EE Bonds

What changes do NOT require reissuing the bond?
What form do I use?
Who must approve a change?
Must I pay federal income taxes when Treasury reissues abond?

Reissue will not be made if the request for reissue is received less than one full calendar month before the final maturity date of a bond. An EE bond's final maturity date is 30 years after the issue date. In addition, reissue will not be made unless the new registration(s) requested is authorized by the governing regulations (31 CFR part 363).

What changes do NOT require reissuing the bond?

We do not reissue bonds for these changes:

Situation	What to do
Name change because you got married	No reissue needed. When you cash in the bond, sign both your name that is on the bond and your married name.
Minor typo in your name	No reissue needed. When you cash in the bond, sign your correct name.
Address change	No reissue needed.
Wrong Social Security Number (SSN)	No reissue needed, See: Correcting a Social Security Number (SSN) on a Bond

Note: If you are thinking about changing who owns the bond, it would be a good idea to contact the Treasury Retail Securities site first to find out what changes are permitted and how those changes can be accomplished.

What form do I use?

The following sections tell you what to do for each situation that requires reissuing a bond.
Each form is available in two ways:

We can mail you a paper copy.
You can fill out a form on-line, print it, sign it, have the signature(s) certified, and mail it to us.
The online forms are in Adobe Acrobat PDF. If you do not have Acrobat Reader on your computer, download the free Acrobat Reader.

Instructions are on the forms. The appropriate address for mailing is on each form.

To correct a major error
For a major error, such as the first or last name of an owner is missing a name is misspelled with more than a minor typo	Form PD F 4000 Order paper Form PD F 4000, or Fill outForm PD F 4000 on-line (PDF)
For a court appointment
A court has appointed a guardian, conservator, or similar representative for the estate of a living owner. This may happen for a minor (child) a person who cannot handle his or her own finances due to age or illness an absentee Everyone named in the registration on the bond has died and a court has appointed an executor or similar legal representative for the estate of the person named in the bond's registration who died last (Death of a Savings Bond Owner)	Form PD F 1455 Order paper Form PD F 1455, or Fill out Form PD F 1455 on-line (PDF)
When you change who owns the bond
The owner has died (or both persons named on a bond have died)	Death of a Savings Bond Owner
You want the new owner to be a personal trust estate	Form PD F 1851 Order paper Form PD F 1851, or Fill out Form PD F 1851 on-line (PDF)
You want to, for example, add another person change the name of an owner because of marriage annulment, divorce, or court order. Note: Change for a new married name is not required. name a new owner instead of a current living owner	Form PD F 4000 Order paper Form PD F 4000, or Fill out Form PD F 4000 on-line (PDF)
When you change the beneficiary
You want to, for example, add a beneficiary when a bond is in the name of one living owner. remove a living beneficiary change the name of a beneficiary because of marriage annulment, divorce, or court order. Note: Change for a new married name is not required.	Form PD F 4000 Order paper Form PD F 4000, or Fill out Form PD F 4000 on-line (PDF)
Who must approve a change?
Situation	Who must sign
Two living people are named on the bond and both of them want to request a change that is permitted. (If you are not sure if the change you want is permitted, check the instructions on the form --PD F 4000 -- and/or contact the Treasury Retail Securities site.	Both must sign the form
Two people are named on the bond, but only one needs to make a change such as changing his or her own name	Only the owner making the change about himself or herself must sign the form
The owner wants to change the beneficiary	The owner may make this change. The beneficiary does not have to agree to the change.

Must I pay federal income taxes when Treasury reissues a bond?

Sometimes.

Consider this situation: You were the owner on the old bond. You are not named on the reissued bond. In that case, you are responsible for reporting on your federal income tax return interest earned during the time you were named on the bond.

We provide an IRS Form 1099-INT.

Electronic bonds	Log in to TreasuryDirect and go to ManageDirect. From the Manage Direct page, select the year under “Manage My Taxes” and then select 1099.
Paper bonds	Form 1099-INT is mailed to you after the end of the calendar year in which the bond was reissued.

Tax Considerations for EE Bonds