OCC 2000-19
OCC BULLETIN

Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks
Subject:  Suspicious Activity Report
Description:  New SAR Form

TO: 	Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of All National
     Banks, Department and Division Heads, and All Examining Personnel


Pursuant to 12 CFR 21.11, all national banks, as well as all federal
branches and agencies of foreign banks licensed by the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), are required to file Suspicious
Activity Reports (SAR) when they detect a known or suspected violation of
federal law or a suspicious transaction related to a money laundering
activity or a violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.  Beginning immediately,
national banks and federal branches and agencies may begin using the new
SAR form attached to this bulletin.  The revisions to the SAR form reflect
efforts to make the form easier to complete and to have the form provide
more useful and timely information.  One of the important substantive
changes to the form is the addition of a box to check for computer
intrusions.

Banks and federal branches and agencies may continue to use the existing
SAR form while their procedures and systems are updated to make use of the
new SAR form.  However, all banks and branches and agencies must start
using the new SAR form by December 31, 2000.

In addition to the new SAR form, new software has been developed and is
available to assist in the preparation and filing of SAR forms.  The new
SAR software and the new SAR form are available on the OCC Website at
www.occ.treas.gov.

_____________________________
Robert B. Serino
Deputy Chief Counsel

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Date:  June 19, 2000