Updated November 8, 2026. Quick answer: FS Form 1455 is how a fiduciary, such as an executor, administrator or trustee, asks Treasury to distribute securities and bonds to the people lawfully entitled. It is a request to distribute, not to cash: each recipient then uses a follow-up form. The 2026 revision (OMB No. 1530-0035) needs letters of appointment dated within one year, certified death certificates, a signature certified by a financial institution (a notary is not accepted), and goes to Treasury Retail Securities Services, PO Box 9150, Minneapolis, MN 55480-9150.
What FS Form 1455 does
Treasury’s own statement of use: “One or more fiduciaries (individual or corporate) must use this form to request distribution of United States Treasury Securities to the person lawfully entitled due to distribution of a trust or an estate or other reasons set out in the instructions.”
Part A asks for the reason for distribution: a box for distribution of an estate or trust to the person or persons entitled, or an “other” reason. The instructions give examples of the other reasons, “attainment of majority, restoration to competency, or other reason”.
An estate with no court representative is the FS Form 5336 situation, and an estate that has been closed or settled by state statute is the FS Form 5394 one.
Proof of authority to attach
The instructions require evidence: “Submit a copy of all evidence that establishes your authority to request this transaction.” Their example: “if you are the administrator or executor of an estate, provide a certified copy of your letters of appointment, dated within one year of submission, showing the appointment is still in full force.” They also ask for certified copies of the death certificates of all deceased registrants. Treasury also “reserves the right in any particular case to require the submission of additional evidence.”
Part B: one distributee at a time
Each person receiving securities gets a separate Part B. The instructions: “Enter the name of only one distributee in each Part B, Item 1.” Each security is described by title, issue date, face amount, identifying number and registration, and the form warns “Individual savings bonds (Series EE, E, I, HH, and H) may not be split. Each savings bond must be distributed, in its entirety, to an entitled individual or entity.” Marketable securities “may be distributed in full or in increments of $100”.
Interest travels with the securities: “Any interest that is or becomes due on securities belonging to the estate of a decedent will be paid to the person to whom the securities are distributed, unless otherwise requested.” Interest reporting for the recipient is covered at inherited savings bonds.
What each recipient files afterward
The form lists the follow-up for each kind of recipient. A person entitled to paper savings bonds who wants payment must submit FS Form 1522; reissue to himself or herself is FS Form 4000; reissue to a trust is FS Form 1851.
“A person entitled to electronic securities held in TreasuryDirect must submit FS Form 5511 for transfer or FS Form 5512 for redemption.” See FS Form 5511 and FS Form 5512.
For paper marketable securities, “the fiduciary must complete the assignment on the reverse of the security. The distributee must complete IRS Form W-9.”
Signatures and certification
If the request is for a corporate fiduciary, “the name of the corporation must be given, followed by the signature and title of an authorized officer.” With several fiduciaries, “all must join in the request unless by express statute, decree of court, or the terms of the instrument under which the fiduciaries are acting, one or more of them may properly execute the request.”
Each signer “must appear before and establish identification to the satisfaction of an authorized certifying officer.” On this form the notary route is closed: “Certification by a notary isn’t acceptable.” An acceptable stamp is an official seal or stamp of a financial institution (Signature Guaranteed, Endorsement Guaranteed, Corporate, or Issuing or paying agent), or the seal or stamp of a Treasury-recognized Signature Guarantee Program or other Treasury-approved Medallion Program. See when a Medallion guarantee is refused.
Where to send it, and how long it takes
The instructions: “send this form (without instruction pages) and any additional information to Treasury Retail Securities Services, PO Box 9150, Minneapolis, MN 55480-9150.” “Legal evidence or documentation you submit cannot be returned.”
No processing time is stated on the form. It gives a completion estimate only: “We estimate it will take you about 30 minutes to complete this form.”
Common mistakes
- Sending letters of appointment older than one year. The instructions ask for a certified copy dated within one year of submission, showing the appointment is still in full force.
- Taking the signature to a notary. This form says certification by a notary isn’t acceptable.
- Putting two recipients in one Part B. Each distributee needs a separate Part B.
- Trying to split a single savings bond between heirs. Each bond must go in its entirety to one entitled individual or entity.
- Expecting this form to pay anyone. It moves securities to the recipients, who then file their own FS Form 1522, 4000, 1851, 5511 or 5512.
Related: inherited savings bonds, a TreasuryDirect account at death, and a refused Medallion guarantee.
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- FS Form 1455 (Revised April 2026), Request by Fiduciary for Distribution of United States Treasury Securities: treasurydirect.gov PDF
- TreasuryDirect, Forms for Savings Bonds (current list of forms): treasurydirect.gov page
Source: the Fiscal Service form and forms list linked above, read on November 8, 2026. General information, not legal or tax advice. Your own facts decide the outcome, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, an attorney or a tax preparer is the right place to confirm anything consequential.