[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: 31CFR346.14]

[Page 289-290]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 346--REGULATIONS GOVERNING UNITED STATES INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT BONDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 346.14  Certifying officers.

    Officers authorized to certify requests for payment or for any other 
transaction involving Individual Retirement 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 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,

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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 Department of the Treasury. 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, or his 
delegate, 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.