---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 762.12"
title: "39"
number: "762.12"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/762.12"
---

# §762.12. Definitions.


As used in [part 762](/cfr/39/part762.md) of this chapter, the term:

- (a) Disbursement Postal Money Order means a money order (described in [Part 762](/cfr/39/part762.md)) issued by the Postal Service to pay one of its own obligations.
- (b) Federal Reserve Bank means a Federal Reserve Bank or branch thereof.
- (c) Financial organization means any bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or similar institution, or Federal or State chartered credit union.
- (d) **Person—** or persons means an individual or individuals, or an organization or organizations, whether incorporated or not, including all forms of banking institutions.
- (e) Presenting Bank means a bank or other depositor of a Federal Reserve Bank which presents Disbursement Postal Money Orders to and receives credit therefor from a Federal Reserve Bank.
- (f) Reclamation means the action taken by the Postal Service to obtain refund of the amounts of paid Disbursement Postal Money Orders.
- (g) Postal Service means the U.S. Postal Service.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 401(2), 401(3), 401(4), 401(10), and 404(6).

### Source

Source: 40 FR 52371, Nov. 10, 1975, unless otherwise noted.