[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: 31CFR344.6]

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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 344--U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES--STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERIES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Time Deposit Securities
 
Sec. 344.6  How do I redeem a Time Deposit security before maturity?

    (a) What is the minimum time a security must be held? To determine 
how long you must hold a security, follow this table:

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                                            then, at the owner's option,
         If the security is . . .           the security can be redeemed
                                                no earlier than . . .
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(1) A zero percent certificate of           15 days after the issue
 indebtedness of 16 to 29 days.              date.
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(2) A certificate of indebtedness of 30     25 days after the issue
 days or more.                               date.
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(3) A note or bond........................  30 days after the issue
                                             date.
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    (b) Can I request partial redemption of a security balance? You may 
request partial redemptions in any whole dollar amount; however, a 
security balance of less than $1,000 must be redeemed in total.
    (c) Do I have to submit a notice of early redemption? Yes. An 
official authorized to redeem the securities before maturity must submit 
an electronic or paper notice of redemption. The notice must show the 
Taxpayer Identification Number of the issuer, the Treasury case number, 
the security number and the dollar amount of the securities to be 
redeemed. DSI must receive the notice no less than 10 days and no more 
than 60 days before the requested redemption date. You cannot cancel the 
notice.
    (d) How do I calculate the amount of redemption proceeds for 
subscriptions on or after October 28, 1996? For securities subscribed 
for on or after October 28, 1996, the amount of the redemption proceeds 
is calculated as follows:
    (1) Interest. If a security is redeemed before maturity on a date 
other than a scheduled interest payment date, Treasury pays interest for 
the fractional interest period since the last interest payment date.
    (2) Redemption value. The remaining interest and principal payments 
are discounted by the current Treasury borrowing rate for the remaining 
term to maturity of the security redeemed. This may result in a premium 
or discount to the issuer depending on whether the current Treasury 
borrowing rate is unchanged, lower, or higher than the stated interest 
rate of the early-redeemed SLGS securities. There is no market charge 
for the redemption of zero interest time deposit SLGS securities 
subscribed for on or after October 28, 1996. Redemption proceeds in the 
case of a zero-interest security are a return of the principal invested. 
The formulas for calculating the redemption value under this paragraph, 
including examples of the determination of premiums and discounts, are 
set forth in Appendix B of this part.
    (e) How do I calculate the amount of redemption proceeds for 
subscriptions from September 1, 1989, through October 27, 1996? For 
securities subscribed for from September 1, 1989, through October 27, 
1996, the amount of the redemption proceeds is calculated as follows:
    (1) Interest. If a security is redeemed before maturity on a date 
other than a scheduled interest payment date, Treasury pays interest for 
the fractional interest period since the last interest payment date.
    (2) Market charge. An amount shall be deducted from the redemption 
proceeds if the current Treasury borrowing rate for the remaining period 
to original maturity exceeds the rate of interest originally fixed for 
such security. The amount shall be the present value of the future 
increased borrowing cost to the Treasury. The annual increased borrowing 
cost for each interest period is determined by multiplying the principal 
by the difference between the two

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rates. For notes and bonds, the increased borrowing cost for each 
remaining interest period to original maturity is determined by dividing 
the annual cost by two. Present value is determined by using the current 
Treasury borrowing rate as the discount factor. When you request a 
redemption date that is less than thirty days before the original 
maturity date, we will apply the rate of a one month security as listed 
on the SLGS rate table issued on the day you make a redemption request. 
The market charge under this paragraph can be computed by using the 
formulas in Appendix A of this part.
    (f) How do I calculate the amount of redemption proceeds for 
subscriptions from December 28, 1976, through August 31, 1989? For 
securities subscribed for from December 28, 1976, through August 31, 
1989, the amount of the redemption proceeds is calculated as follows:
    (1) Interest. Interest for the entire period the security was 
outstanding shall be recalculated if the original interest rate of the 
security is higher than the interest rate that would have been set at 
the time of the initial subscription had the term of the security been 
for the shorter period. If this results in an overpayment of interest, 
we will deduct from the redemption proceeds the aggregate amount of such 
overpayments, plus interest, compounded semi-annually thereon, from the 
date of each overpayment to the date of redemption. The rate used in 
calculating the interest on the overpayment will be one-eighth of one 
percent above the maximum rate that would have applied to the initial 
subscription had the term of the security been for the shorter period. 
If a note or bond is redeemed before maturity on a date other than a 
scheduled interest payment date, no interest is paid for the fractional 
interest period since the last interest payment date.
    (2) Market charge. An amount shall be deducted from the redemption 
proceeds in all cases where the current Treasury borrowing rate for the 
remaining period to original maturity of the security prematurely 
redeemed exceeds the rate of interest originally fixed for such 
security. You can compute the market charge under this paragraph by 
using the formulas in Appendix A of this part.
    (g) How do I calculate the amount of redemption proceeds for 
subscriptions on or before December 27, 1976? For bonds subscribed for 
on or before December 27, 1976, the amount of the redemption proceeds is 
calculated as follows.
    (1) Interest. The interest for the entire period the bond was 
outstanding shall be re-calculated if the original interest rate at 
which the bond was issued is higher than an adjusted interest rate 
reflecting both the shorter period during which the bond was actually 
outstanding and a penalty. The adjusted interest rate is the Treasury 
rate which would have been in effect on the date of issue for a 
marketable Treasury bond maturing on the semi-annual maturity period 
before redemption reduced by a penalty which must be the lesser of:
    (i) One-eighth of one percent times the number of months from the 
date of issuance to original maturity, divided by the number of full 
months elapsed from the date of issue to redemption; or
    (ii) One-fourth of one percent.
    (2) Deduction. We will deduct from the redemption proceeds, if 
necessary, any overpayment of interest resulting from previous payments 
made at a higher rate based on the original longer period to maturity.