31 C.F.R. Subpart A—General Information
Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury
(a) The regulations in this part apply to definitive (paper) Series I savings bonds that have not been converted to book-entry bonds through New Treasury Direct. (b) The regulations in 31 CFR part 363 apply to: (1) book-entry Series I savings bonds that were originally issued as book-entry bonds in New Treasury Direct; and (2) definitive Series I savings bonds that have been converted to book-entry bonds through New Treasury Direct. [70 FR 14942, Mar. 23, 2005] (a) The Bureau of the Public Debt of the Department of the Treasury is responsible for administering the Savings Bond Program. Authority to process transactions has been delegated to Federal Reserve Banks and Branches listed in paragraph (b) of this section, as fiscal agents of the United States. The Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, and their authority to process transactions, as fiscal agents of the United States, are subject to change, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, or his or her designee. (b) Communications concerning transactions and requests for forms should be addressed to: (1) A Federal Reserve Bank or Branch in the list below; or, the Bureau of the Public Debt, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328. (2) The following Federal Reserve Offices have been designated to provide savings bond services: (c) Notices and documents must be filed with the agencies referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section and as indicated in the regulations in this part. (a) Bond, or Series I savings bonds, as used in this part, means a definitive United States Savings Bonds of Series I. (b) Converted savings bond means a savings bond originally issued as a definitive bond that has been surrendered to us and converted to a book-entry savings bond to be maintained by Treasury solely as a computer record. (c) Incompetent means an individual who is incapable of handling his or her business affairs because of a legal, mental or medical disability, except that a minor is not an incompetent solely because of age. (d) Inscription means the information that is printed on the face of the bond. (e) Issuing agent means an organization that has been qualified under the provisions of Department of the Treasury Circular, Public Debt Series No. 4–67, as revised and amended (31 CFR part 317), to issue savings bonds. (f) Paying agent means a financial institution that has been qualified under the provisions of Department of the Treasury Circular No. 750, as revised and amended (31 CFR part 321), to make payment of savings bonds. (g) Payment means redemption, unless otherwise indicated by the context. (h) Person means a legal entity including an individual or fiduciary estate. (i) Personal trust estates means trust estates established by natural persons in their own right for the benefit of themselves or other natural persons in whole or in part, and common trust funds comprised in whole or in part of such trust estates. (j) Registration means that the names of all persons named on the bond and the taxpayer identification number (TIN) of the owner, first-named coowner, or purchaser of a gift bond are maintained on our records. (k) Reissue means the cancellation and retirement of a bond and the issuance of a new bond or bonds of the same series, same issue date, and same total face amount. (l) Representative of the estate of a minor, incompetent, aged person, absentee, et al. means the court-appointed or otherwise qualified person, regardless of title, who is legally authorized to act for the individual. The term does not include parents in their own right, voluntary or natural guardians, attorneys-in-fact, trustees of personal and similar trust estates, or the executors or administrators of decedents' estates. (m) Surrender means the actual receipt of a definitive bond with an appropriate request for payment or reissue by either a Federal Reserve Bank or Branch or the Bureau of the Public Debt, or, if a paying agent is authorized to handle the transaction, the actual receipt of the definitive bond and the request for payment by the paying agent. (n) Taxpayer Identifying Number means a social security account number or an employer identification number. (o) Voluntary guardian means an individual who is recognized as authorized to act for an incompetent, as provided by §360.64. (p) Voluntary representative means the person qualified by the Department of the Treasury to request payment or distribution of a decedent's savings bonds pursuant to §360.71. [63 FR 38049, July 14, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 64268, Oct. 17, 2002; 70 FR 14942, Mar. 23, 2005; 70 FR 57432, Sept. 30, 2005; 71 FR 46858, Aug. 15, 2006] Series I savings bonds that were originally issued as definitive bonds may be converted to book-entry bonds through New Treasury Direct, an online system for holding Treasury securities. The Web address for New Treasury Direct is www.treasurydirect.gov. Bond owners who wish to convert their definitive savings bonds should follow online instructions for conversion. Regulations governing converted bonds are found at 31 CFR part 363. [70 FR 14942, Mar. 23, 2005]
Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury
PART 360—REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEFINITIVE UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES I
Subpart A—General Information
§ 360.0 Applicability.
§ 360.1 Official agencies.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Servicing office Reserve district served Geographic area served----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Federal Reserve Bank, Buffalo Branch, New York, Boston........... Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New 160 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14202. Hampshire, New Jersey, (northern half), New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.Federal Reserve Bank, Pittsburgh Branch, Cleveland, Philadelphia.... Delaware, Kentucky (eastern half), New 717 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Jersey, (southern half), Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia.Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 701 Richmond, Atlanta.......... Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, East Byrd Street, Richmond, VA 23219. Georgia, Louisiana, (southern half), Maryland, Mississippi (southern half), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (eastern half), Virginia, West Virginia (except northern panhandle).Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 90 Minneapolis, Chicago....... Illinois (northern half), Indiana, Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55401. (northern half), Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 925 Dallas, San Francisco, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64106. Kansas City, St. Louis. Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois (southern half), Indiana (southern half), Kansas, Kentucky, (western half), Louisiana (northern half), Mississippi (northern half), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee (western half), Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Guam.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
§ 360.2 Definitions.
§ 360.3 Converting definitive savings bonds to book-entry bonds in New Treasury Direct.
