[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR26.72]

[Page 700]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 26_LIQUORS AND ARTICLES FROM PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart E_Taxpayment of Liquors and Articles in Puerto Rico
 
Sec. 26.72  Application of surety for relief from bond.

    A surety on any bond given under the provisions of this subpart may 
at any time in writing notify the principal and the appropriate ATF 
officer that he desires, after a date named, to be relieved of liability 
under said bond. Such date shall be not less than 10 days after the date 
the notice is received by the appropriate ATF officer. The surety shall 
also file with the appropriate ATF officer an acknowledgment or other 
proof of service on the principal. If such notice is not thereafter in 
writing withdrawn, the rights of the principal as supported by said bond 
shall be terminated on the date named in the notice, and the surety 
shall be relieved from liability to the extent set forth in Sec. 26.73.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0352)

[T.D. 6551, 26 FR 1490, Feb. 22, 1961. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 
15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-172, 49 FR 14943, Apr. 16, 1984; T.D. 
ATF-251, 52 FR 19338, May 22, 1987. Redesignated and amended by T.D. 
ATF-459, 66 FR 38550, 38551, July 25, 2001]