---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 601.3"
title: "31"
number: "601.3"
heading: "Distinctive paper."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/601.3"
---

# §601.3. Distinctive paper.


The distinctive paper is a cream-white currency note paper with fibers, colored red and blue, evenly distributed throughout the currency note paper. The distinctive paper shall contain distinctive counterfeit deterrents in the currency note paper denominations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.


## 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.