Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 09, 2026

Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury last revised: Jan 02, 2026
§ 101.5 - Payment of smelting costs.

The petitioner shall be required to pay all reasonable costs incurred in extracting the bullion from the counterfeit coins, as shall be determined by the Assistant Secretary. Payment must be made prior to the return of the gold bullion to the petitioner.

authority: 18 U.S.C. 492.
source: 42 FR 1472, Jan. 7, 1977, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 31 CFR 101.5