[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR315.56]

[Page 182]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 315--REGULATIONS GOVERNING U.S. SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, AND K, AND U.S. SAVINGS NOTES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart J--Certifying Officers
 
Sec. 315.56  General instructions and liability.

    (a) Certification procedure. Certifying officers at financial 
institutions qualified as paying agents should observe the Treasury's 
payment instructions and identification guidelines in certifying savings 
bonds and savings notes being forwarded to a designated Federal Reserve 
Bank for any transaction. Other certifying officers should provide 
certification services for persons with whom they have substantial 
personal acquaintance, and for other persons whose identities have been 
unmistakably established. A notation showing exactly how identification 
was established should be placed on the back of the security or Public 
Debt form, or in a separate record. As part of the certification, the 
certifying officer must affix his or her official signature, title and 
address, the exact date of execution and, where one is available, a 
corporate stamp or issuing or paying agent's stamp.
    (b) Liability. The certifying officer and, if such person is an 
officer or an employee of an organization, the organization will be held 
fully responsible for the adequacy of the identification.

[45 FR 64091, Sept. 26, 1980, as amended at 59 FR 10535, Mar. 4, 1994]