# 26 U.S.C. § 6340: Records of sale

Source: OLRC release point 119-134 <https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t26/s6340>. Cite pinpoints as 26 U.S.C. § 6340(a)(1).

## § 6340(a) Requirement

The Secretary shall, for each internal revenue district, keep a record of all sales of property under section 6335 and of redemptions of such property. The record shall set forth the tax for which any such sale was made, the dates of seizure and sale, the name of the party assessed and all proceedings in making such sale, the amount of expenses, the names of the purchasers, and the date of the deed or certificate of sale of personal property.

## § 6340(b) Copy as evidence

A copy of such record, or any part thereof, certified by the Secretary shall be evidence in any court of the truth of the facts therein stated.

## § 6340(c) Accounting to taxpayer

The taxpayer with respect to whose liability the sale was conducted or who redeemed the property shall be furnished—

**§ 6340(c)(1)** the record under subsection (a) (other than the names of the purchasers);

**§ 6340(c)(2)** the amount from such sale applied to the taxpayer’s liability; and

**§ 6340(c)(3)** the remaining balance of such liability.

## Regulations

- [Treas. Reg. § 301.6340-1](/26/reg/301.6340-1.md): Records of sale. (interprets § 6340)

## Connections

Cites: § 6335 Sale of seized property

Cited by: § 6337 Redemption of property

Derived from: 1939 § 3706(a), (b); 1939 § 3706(f)

## Amendments

- 1954-08-16: [Act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736](/26/act/1954-ch736.md), 68A Stat. 789
- 1976-10-04: [Pub. L. 94-455](/26/act/94-455.md), 90 Stat. 1834
- 1998-07-22: [Pub. L. 105-206](/26/act/105-206.md), 112 Stat. 761