Deadline reference
Suspicious activity report filing by a money services business
31 CFR 1022.320(b)(3). FinCEN, United States (federal). Event-relative; binding rule.
Not legal advice. The period or date below is quoted from the official source with its conditions; whether and how it applies depends on your firm's facts and your actual regulatory correspondence. Confirm it in the official source.
Status: Active. Last checked 2026-11-09. All references.
Who it applies to
Money services businesses.
Money services businesses subject to the suspicious activity reporting section.
Sources: [1] § 1022.320(b)(3)
Exclusions
No exclusions recorded.
The published period or date
- Official text
- A money services business subject to this section is required to file each SAR no later than 30 calendar days after the date of the initial detection by the money services business of facts that may constitute a basis for filing a SAR under this section.
- Type
- Event-relative
- Trigger
- The date of the initial detection of facts that may constitute a basis for filing a SAR.
- Published period
- 30 calendar days (calendar-day basis)
- Legal status
- Binding rule.
- Effective
- Not stated to present
- Conditions and transitions
- Situations requiring immediate attention call for immediate notification of law enforcement under the same paragraph; read the rule text.
- Sources and locators
- [1] § 1022.320(b)(3)
No due date is computed here. The toolkit does not interpret event-relative periods, count business days or hold a holiday calendar.
Cite
Cite the official source first. Then: Taft Compliance Group, Exam-prep toolkit (draft), deadline reference dl-msb-sar-filing, https://taftcompliance.com/resources/exam-prep-toolkit/deadlines/dl-msb-sar-filing, last checked 2026-11-09.
Sources
Office of the Federal Register, eCFR, 31 CFR 1022.320 Reports by money services businesses of suspicious transactions. rule. § 1022.320(b)(3).
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-X/part-1022/section-1022.320
Checked 2026-11-09.
Supporting passage
(3) When to file. A money services business subject to this section is required to file each SAR no later than 30 calendar days after the date of the initial detection by the money services business of facts that may constitute a basis for filing a SAR under this section.
Changes to this reference
No released changes.