31 C.F.R. § 360.29 Adjudication of claims.
Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury
(a) General. The Bureau of the Public Debt will adjudicate claims for lost, stolen or destroyed bonds on the basis of records created and regularly maintained in the ordinary course of business. (b) Claims filed 10 years after payment. Any claim filed 10 years or more after the recorded date of redemption or other retirement will be barred. (c) Claims filed 10 years after maturity. Any claim filed 10 years or more after the maturity of a savings bond will be barred.
Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury
PART 360—REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEFINITIVE UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES I
Subpart F—Relief for Loss, Theft, Destruction, Mutilation, Defacement, or Nonreceipt of Bonds
§ 360.29 Adjudication of claims.

