Pub. L. 86-682, tit. 39, pt. V, ch. 85, sec. 5224
Disposal of paid certificates
§ 5224. Disposal of paid certificates The Postmaster General may destroy, or otherwise dispose of, postal-savings certificates or other evidences of deposit in the postal-savings depository system, including duplicates, after the expiration of six years from the date payment thereon has been made as shown by the records of the Post Office Department.