---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 601.2"
title: "31"
number: "601.2"
heading: "Distinctiveness requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/601.2"
---

# §601.2. Distinctiveness requirement.

- (a) **The Secretary of the Treasury has adopted distinctive paper and distinctive counterfeit deterrents—**
  - (1) In which the United States has an exclusive property interest; or
  - (2) That are not otherwise in commercial use or the public domain and are necessary for preventing the counterfeiting of United States Federal Reserve notes.
- (b) **The distinctive paper and counterfeit deterrents are used in United States Federal Reserve notes.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 418, 421; 18 U.S.C. 474A; 31 U.S.C. 321.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 43063, July 6, 2023, unless otherwise noted.