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Code · U.S. Code · Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING · CHAPTER 35— RIGHT TO FINANCIAL PRIVACY · § 3404

§ 3404. Customer authorizations

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(a)Statement furnished by customer to financial institution and Government authority; contents A customer may authorize disclosure under section 3402(1) of this title if he furnishes to the financial institution and to the Government authority seeking to obtain such disclosure a signed and dated statement which—
(1)authorizes such disclosure for a period not in excess of three months;
(2)states that the customer may revoke such authorization at any time before the financial records are disclosed;
(3)identifies the financial records which are authorized to be disclosed;
(4)specifies the purposes for which, and the Government authority to which, such records may be disclosed; and
(5)states the customer’s rights under this chapter.
(b)Authorization as condition of doing business prohibited No such authorization shall be required as a condition of doing business with any financial institution.
(c)Right of customer to access to financial institution’s record of disclosures The customer has the right, unless the Government authority obtains a court order as provided in section 3409 of this title, to obtain a copy of the record which the financial institution shall keep of all instances in which the customer’s record is disclosed to a Government authority pursuant to this section, including the identity of the Government authority to which such disclosure is made.
(Pub. L. 95–630, title XI, § 1104, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3698; Pub. L. 96–3, Mar. 7, 1979, 93 Stat. 5.)
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  • Pub. L. 95–630, title XI, § 1104
  • 92 Stat. 3698
  • Pub. L. 96–3
  • 93 Stat. 5
  • section 2101 of Pub. L. 95–630
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–630, title XI, § 1104
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