Treasury ACH Reclamation
Automated Clearing House (ACH) Reclamation is a recovery procedure used by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, to obtain a refund (reclamation) from a presenting financial institution for federal government payments.
Reclamation notices (ACH Reclamation – FMS Form 133) are generated by the Fiscal Service Regional Financial Center. See Green Book: Guide to Federal ACH Payments and Collections (Off-site) for instructions.
ACH Reclamation Delivery via the Exception Resolution Service
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) deliver reclamation notices via the Exception Resolution Service (ERS). A single reclamation notice will be attached to the case as a PDF file with the requestor reference number of the ERS case matching the reclamation ticket number. Financial institutions may search for the notice of reclamation by entering the reclamation ticket number in the requestor reference field within the ERS inbox or archive. Additional information about the service and reclamation case types is available in the Exception Resolution Service Quick Reference Guide (QRG).
Email Delivery via FedMail®
The use of ERS for ACH reclamations is preferred; email delivery serves as a secondary option when needed. Complete the Federal Reserve Bank FedMail® Request Form (PDF) to sign up for or remove this email service. When signing up for email delivery, please note that shared email boxes are recommended and more than one email address should be provided when using personal email addresses. To remove email delivery, complete Section 2 and select “Delete All” for Treasury and DFAS ACH Reclamations in Section 3. Submit the completed form as indicated in Section 1.
How It Works
Each business day, a PDF file will be delivered if there is activity. Each notice of ACH reclamation will consist of Form 133 Part 3 (Financial Organization Copy) and Part 5 (Notice to Account Owners Copy).
- Parts 1, 2, and 4 of Form 133 are duplicates of Part 3 and will not be included in the PDF file. Part 6 of Form 133 is reserved for internal use and will not be included in the PDF reclamation file
- Please note that due to privacy concerns, the payee’s social security number and account number will be truncated
Upon receipt of an emailed notice of ACH reclamation, financial institutions should view, print files (if needed), and process the notice of ACH reclamation.
Important Notes About This Services
- Reclamations are time-sensitive and should be viewed and processed immediately
- Your institution will receive a reclamation notice only if there are ACH reclamations being sent
- An ERS reclamation case that is delivered to the Responder or an email message that is transmitted and not returned as undeliverable will be deemed to have been received by the financial institution
- Paper mailings of the notice of reclamation (FMS Form 133) will cease once your institution signs up for email or ERS delivery
- The current Green Book (Off-site) ACH reclamation procedures and the regulations governing ACH reclamations at 31 CFR Part 210 apply to notices of ACH reclamation delivered via email
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this service, please contact the Call Center at the Treasury at P: (855) 868-0151, option #1.