Payment of money orders

§ 5103. Payment of money orders (a) The Postmaster General shall provide for the payment of money orders to the payee, indorsee, or remitter at offices at which money orders are issued. (b) When a money order has been lost the Postmaster General, upon evidence satisfactory to him, may pay the face value thereof or issue a duplicate money order, without charge, to the person he determines is entitled thereto. (c) The records of the Department shall serve as the basis for adjudicating claims for payment of money orders. (d) The Postmaster General may not pay a money order after twenty years from the last day of the month of original issue. Claims for unpaid money orders are forever barred unless received by the Department within that period.