We are revising the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®). Postal Service™ customers may now purchase money orders in amounts up to $1,000 each with no daily maximum. Point-of-service (POS) equipment has been re-programmed to remove the restriction on the sale of money orders totaling more than $10,000. In addition, we are restating redemption requirements imposed upon us by law.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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500 Additional Mailing Services
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503 Extra Services
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14.0 Money Orders
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14.2 Issuing Money Orders
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14.2.2 Purchase Restrictions
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[Delete item c. Revise item b as follows:]
b. Any customer whose daily total of purchased money orders is $3,000 or more, regardless of the number of visits made by the customer to one or more postal facilities, must complete Form 8105-A, Funds Transaction Report (FTR), and show identification bearing the purchaser’s photograph, name, and address.
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14.3 Cashing Money Orders
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14.3.2 Redemption
[Revise 14.3.2 to add a new last sentence as follows:]
All U.S. money orders, including military, may be cashed at any U.S. post office or bank. Subject to funds availability, money orders may be cashed by rural carriers. Any customer whose daily total of cashed money orders exceeds $10,000, irrespective of the number of post offices visited to cash the money orders, must also complete Form 8105–A, Funds Transaction Report (FTR), and show identification bearing the customer’s photograph, name, and address.
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We will incorporate this revision into the January update of the online DMM on Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com and into the next printed edition.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 1-3-08
