[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: 27CFR44.121]

[Page 929]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 44_EXPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND 
 
           Subpart F_Bonds and Extensions of Coverage of Bonds
 
Sec. 44.121  Corporate surety.

    Source: 25 FR 4718, May 28, 1960, unless otherwise noted. 
Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975.


    (a) Surety bonds required under the provisions of this part may be 
given only with corporate sureties holding certificates of authority 
from the Secretary of the Treasury as acceptable sureties on Federal 
bonds. Limitations concerning corporate sureties are prescribed by the 
Secretary in Treasury Department Circular No. 570, as revised (see 
paragraph (c) of this section). The surety shall have no interest 
whatever in the business covered by the bond.
    (b) Each bond and each extension of coverage of bond shall at the 
time of filing be accompanied by a power of attorney authorizing the 
agent or officer who executed the bond to so act on behalf of the 
surety. The appropriate ATF officer who is authorized to approve the 
bond may, whenever he deems it necessary, require additional evidence of 
the authority of the agent or officer to execute the bond or extension 
of coverage of bond. The power of attorney shall be prepared on a form 
provided by the surety company and executed under the corporate seal of 
the company. If the power of attorney submitted is other than a manually 
signed document, it shall be accompanied by a certificate of its 
validity.
    (c) Treasury Department Circular No. 570 (Companies Holding 
Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and as 
Acceptable Reinsuring Companies) is published in the Federal Register 
annually as of the first workday in July. As they occur, interim 
revisions of the circular are published in the Federal Register. Copies 
may be obtained from the Audit Staff, Bureau of Government Financial 
Operations, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20226.

(July 30, 1947, ch. 390, 61 Stat. 648, as amended (6 U.S.C. 6, 7); sec. 
202, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1421, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5711))

[T.D. ATF-92, 46 FR 46923, Sept. 23, 1981]