27 C.F.R. § 17.103 Bonds obtained from surety companies.
Title 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms
(a) The bond may be obtained from any surety company authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury to be a surety on Federal bonds. Surety companies so authorized are listed in the current revision of Department of the Treasury Circular 570 (Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies), and subject to such amendatory circulars as may be issued from time to time. Bonds obtained from surety companies are also governed by the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 9304, and 31 CFR part 223. (b) A bond executed by two or more surety companies shall be the joint and several liability of the principal and the sureties; however, each surety company may limit its liability, in terms upon the face of the bond, to a definite, specified amount. This amount shall not exceed the limitations prescribed for each surety company by the Secretary, as stated in Department of the Treasury Circular 570. If the sureties limit their liability in this way, the total of the limited liabilities shall equal the required amount of the bond. (c) Department of the Treasury Circular No. 570 is published in the (Sec. 1, Pub. L. 97–258, 96 Stat. 1047 (31 U.S.C. 9304))
Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
PART 17—DRAWBACK ON TAXPAID DISTILLED SPIRITS USED IN MANUFACTURING NONBEVERAGE PRODUCTS
Subpart E—Bonds and Consents of Sureties
§ 17.103 Bonds obtained from surety companies.
