How can I check the status of a savings bond? - Questions (2024)

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How can I check the status of a savings bond? - Questions? ›

You can call the Savings Bond Processing Site at (800) 553-2663 to check on the status of a savings bond.

Search for matured savings bonds and missing interest using Treasury Hunt, an online tool from TreasuryDirect.

U.S. Savings Bonds

Toll-free: 844-284-2676 Note: Beware of scammers, and carefully dial the correct numbers.

Cashing a Series HH savings bond where you are named on the bond and you send it in requires at least 3 months of processing time. All other requests may require 6 months or more to process. The annual purchase limit for Series I savings bonds in TreasuryDirect is $10,000.

This article explains how to verify the status of your bond. You can verify the status of any bond managed by SuretyBonds.com online 24/7 at SuretyBonds.com/verify. Simply enter the bond number, and you'll see a summary of the bond's current status.

At a bank: If a bank cashes your savings bond, they are responsible for getting you a 1099-INT. They may give or mail you the 1099-INT as soon as you cash the bond or they may wait until the following January.

For help unlocking or accessing your account, please call us at 844-284-2676.

They're available to be cashed in after a single year, though there's a penalty for cashing them in within the first five years. Otherwise, you can keep savings bonds until they fully mature, which is generally 30 years.

EE bonds you buy now have a fixed interest rate that you know when you buy the bond. That rate remains the same for at least the first 20 years. It may change after that for the last 10 of its 30 years. We guarantee that the value of your new EE bond at 20 years will be double what you paid for it.

How long does it take to process savings bonds? ›

Savings Bond purchases are generally issued to your TreasuryDirect account within one business day of the purchase date. If you select a non-business day as your purchase date, we will change it to the next available business day.

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Pending Maturity status indicates that the security will mature within four business days.

tool on IRS.gov to check the status of your bond purchase request or call 1-800-829-1954. If the IRS already processed the refund and placed the request for the bond, you should contact the Treasury Retail Securities Site at 1-800-553-2663.

With your Social Security Number (or Taxpayer Identification Number) or name and state, you can use our Treasury Hunt search to see if you have any savings bonds listed in our database.

If you have a savings bond socked away for a while, or someone opened one up in your name, chances are it's time to cash it in. Old savings bonds might be ready to cash in, depending on which savings bond you have and how long it was set to earn interest.

If you moved your EE bond into a TreasuryDirect account, we pay you for the bond as soon as it reaches 30 years and stops earning interest. If you still have a paper EE bond, check the issue date. If that date is more than 30 years ago, it is no longer increasing in value and you may want to cash it.

If your bond was issued in 1974 or after, go to Treasury Hunt. Enter the information Treasury Hunt requests. If the system finds your bonds, it will give you a special version of FS Form 1048 that enables us to process your claim without serial numbers.

Savings Bond purchases are generally issued to your TreasuryDirect account within one business day of the purchase date. If you select a non-business day as your purchase date, we will change it to the next available business day.

With your Social Security Number (or Taxpayer Identification Number) or name and state, you can use our Treasury Hunt search to see if you have any savings bonds listed in our database. If you do, you'll get information on how to claim and cash them.