Substitute checks

§ 2411. Substitute checks (a) The Postmaster General may authorize the issuance of a substitute check for a lost, stolen or destroyed check of the Department. Substitute checks shall— (1) be marked “Duplicate”; (2) show the number, date, and payee of the original. (b) The Postmaster General may authorize the issuance of the substitute check (1) upon the execution of a bond agreeable to the Postmaster General by the owner, or (2) without bond, upon the affidavit of the payee or owner of the original check when the Postmaster General is satisfied that the loss, theft or destruction occurred without the fault of the owner or holder or while the check was in the custody or control of the Department or in the mails. (c) Subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 528 of title 31 do not apply to checks of the Department.