[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR25.97]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 25--BEER--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart H--Bonds and Consents of Surety
 
Sec. 25.97  Continuation certificate.

    If the contract of surety between the brewer and the surety on an 
expiring bond or continuation certificate is continued in force for a 
succeeding period of not less than 4 years from the expiration date of 
the bond or continuation certificate, the brewer may submit, in lieu of 
a new bond, a Brewer's Bond Continuation Certificate on Form 5130.23, 
executed under the penalties of perjury, by the brewer and the surety 
attesting to continuation of the bond. Each continuation certificate 
will constitute a bond and all provisions of law and regulations 
applicable to bonds on Form 5130.22 given under this part, including the 
disapproval of bonds, are applicable to continuation certificates.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1388, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5401))