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To purchase a gift bond

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From your My Account page.
Click on the Buy Direct tab.

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Then select the Savings Bonds Series you wish to gift.

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You will have the choice of Series EE or Series I.

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Select one and click submit

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Next is the registration information.

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If you have previously gifted to this person, their name will be in the drop-down list.

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Otherwise, click add new registration

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If there will only be a single-named registrant, click Sole Owner.

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If there will also be a second-named registrant, click either primary owner or beneficiary.

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For sole owner, you will only need to provide the information in the first registrant section.

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If you click either of the others, you will need to also provide the information for the second-named registrant information.

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In this example, we will only have a Sole Owner,

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Provide all of the information requested, including the Taxpayer Identification Number of the gift recipient.

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Then click, "This is a gift" and the Submit box.

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You will then be directed back to the registration information page.

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The name you just entered for the new registration will now be in the drop-down list.

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Select it.

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Next is the purchase amount.

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You can purchase any amount from $25-$10,000.

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Select your source of funds.

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If you have multiple bank accounts, be sure to select the appropriate one.

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Next is purchase frequency.

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You can see the button for a single purchase is already selected.

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You can do that, or you can select repeat purchases.

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or you can select your own date for purchases.

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We will use a single purchase and click submit.

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This is the purchase review page.

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If you need to edit something, you may do so here, by clicking the edit button.

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You can also cancel this purchase.

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We'll click submit.

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Then you have the confirmation page, which you can print for your records.