Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury |
Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Money and Finance |
Chapter II - Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury |
SubChapter A - Bureau of the Fiscal Service |
Part 360 - Regulations Governing Definitive United States Savings Bonds, Series I |
Subpart F - Relief for Loss, Theft, Destruction, Mutilation, Defacement, or Nonreceipt of Bonds |
§ 360.25 - General.
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§ 360.25 General.
Relief, by the issue of a substitute bond or by payment, is authorized for the loss, theft, destruction, mutilation, or defacement of a bond after receipt by the owner or his or her representative. As a condition for granting relief, the Commissioner of the Fiscal Service, as designee of the Secretary of the Treasury, may require a bond of indemnity, in the form, and with the surety, or security, he or she considers necessary to protect the interests of the United States. In all cases, the claimant or claimants must identify the lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated, or defaced savings bond or savings bonds by serial number or serial numbers and must submit satisfactory evidence of the loss, theft, or destruction, or a satisfactory explanation of the mutilation or defacement.