[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: 31CFR341.14]

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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 341--REGULATIONS GOVERNING UNITED STATES RETIREMENT PLAN BONDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 341.14  Certifying officers.

    Officers authorized to certify requests for payment or for any other 
transaction involving Retirement Plan Bonds include:
    (a) Post offices. Any postmaster, acting postmaster, or inspector-
in-charge, or other post office official or clerk designated for that 
purpose. A post office official or clerk, other than a postmaster, 
acting postmaster, or inspector-in-charge, should certify in the name of 
the postmaster or acting postmaster, followed by his own signature and 
official title. Signatures of these officers should be authenticated by 
a legible imprint of the post office dating stamp.
    (b) Banks and trust companies. Any officer of a Federal Reserve Bank 
or Branch, or of a bank or trust company

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chartered under the laws of the United States or those of any State, 
Commonwealth, or Territory of the United States, as well as any 
employees of such bank or trust company expressly authorized to act for 
that purpose, who should sign over the title ``Designated Employee.'' 
Certifications by any of these officers or designated employees should 
be authenticated by either a legible imprint of the corporate seal, or, 
where the institution is an authorized issuing agent for United States 
Savings Bonds, Series E, by a legible imprint of its dating stamp.
    (c) Issuing agents of Series E savings bonds. Any officer of a 
corporation or any other organization which is an authorized issuing 
agent for United States Savings Bonds, Series E. All certifications by 
such officers must be authenticated by a legible imprint of the issuing 
agent's dating stamp.
    (d) Foreign countries. In a foreign country requests may be signed 
in the presence of and be certified by any United States diplomatic or 
consular representative, or the manager or other officer of a foreign 
branch of a bank or trust company incorporated in the United States 
whose signature is attested by an imprint of the corporate seal or is 
certified to the Treasury Department. If such an officer is not 
available, requests may be signed in the presence of and be certified by 
a notary or other officer authorized to administer oaths, but his 
official character and jurisdiction should be certified by a United 
States diplomatic or consular officer under seal of his office.
    (e) Special provisions. The Commissioner of the Public Debt, the 
Chief of the Division of Securities Operations, or any Federal Reserve 
Bank or Branch is authorized to make special provision for certification 
in any particular case or class of cases where none of the officers 
authorized above is readily accessible.