FS Form 5512 Department of the Treasury | Bureau of the Fiscal Service 5
4. SIGNATURES AND CERTIFICATIONS
The account owner or account manager must appear before and establish identification to the satisfaction of an authorized
certifying officer and sign the application in the officer's presence. The officer must then complete the certification form
provided and imprint the seal or stamp required in certifying requests. For certifications within the United States, the
certifying officer must be authorized to bind his or her institution by his or her acts and guarantee signatures to assignments
of securities or certify assignments of securities. Certification by a notary isn’t acceptable.
If you are a parent of a minor account owner, your signature certifies that you are requesting the transaction on the minor’s
behalf, for the minor’s benefit.
Acceptable seals and stamps:
• The financial
institution’s official seal or stamp, including: Signature Guaranteed seal or stamp; Endorsement
Guaranteed seal or stamp; Corporate seal or stamp (a corporate resolution isn’t required); or Issuing or paying agent
seal or stamp (including name, location, and four-digit identification number or nine-digit routing number).
• The seal or stamp of Treasury-recognized Signature Guarantee Programs or other Treasury-
Programs.
certification for a financial institution:
Acceptable certification for a brokerage:
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
ABC National Bank
Hillview Branch
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
MEDALLION GUARANTEED
Generic Brokerage
Authorized Signature
Authorized Signature
XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES TRANSFER AGENTS MEDALLION PROGRAM
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Additional Evidence – The Commissioner of the Fiscal Service, as designee of the Secretary of the Treasury, reserves the
right, in any particular case, to require the submission of additional evidence.
Where To Send – Send the form, as well as any other forms and evidence, to:
Treasury Retail Securities Services
PO Box 7015
Minneapolis, MN 55480-7015
Legal evidence or documentation you submit cannot be returned.
NOTICE UNDER PRIVACY ACT AND PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
The collection of the information you are requested to provide on this form is authorized by 31 U.S.C. CH. 31 relating to the
public debt of the United States. The furnishing of a Social Security Number, if requested, is also required by Section 6109
of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 6109).
The purpose of requesting the information is to enable the Bureau of the Fiscal Service and its agents to issue securities,
process transactions, make payments, identify owners and their accounts, and provide reports to the Internal Revenue
Service. Furnishing the information is voluntary; however, without the information, the Fiscal Service may be unable to
process transactions.
Information concerning securities holdings and transactions is considered confidential under Treasury regulations (31 CFR,
Part 323) and the Privacy Act. This information may be disclosed to a law enforcement agency for investigation purposes;
courts and counsel for litigation purposes; others entitled to distribution or payment; agents and contractors to administer
the public debt; agencies or entities for debt collection or to obtain current addresses for payment; agencies through
approved computer matches; Congressional offices in response to an inquiry by the individual to whom the record pertains;
as otherwise authorized by law or regulation.
We estimate it will take you about 10 minutes to complete this form. However, you are not required to provide information
requested unless a valid OMB control number is displayed on the form. Any comments or suggestions regarding this form
should be sent to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Forms Management Officer, Parkersburg, WV 26106-1328. DO NOT
SEND the completed form to this address; send to the address shown in "Where To Send" in the instructions.