Can you redeem government savings bonds that were stolen?
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Q&A: Can you redeem government savings bonds that were stolen?
From 1982 through 1996, my parents, aunt and uncle bought me savings bonds twice a year. They would be worth about ,000 if they hadn’t been stolen in a break-in in 1996. I assumed they were gone for good, but a friend recently suggested that I can still redeem them with my social security number… Is that true? My mother seems to think that social security numbers weren’t used in purchasing government bonds in the 80′s.
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Answer by buz
You can redeem the bonds without physically having them. I’m pretty sure that you always had to provide the registered owner’s social security number.
Answer by Amber
Here you go:
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/research/indepth/ebonds/res_e_bonds_eereplace.htm
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