31 C.F.R. § 360.46 Effective date of request for reissue.
Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury
The Department of the Treasury will treat the receipt by: A Federal Reserve Bank or Branch, or the Bureau of the Public Debt of a bond and an acceptable request for reissue as determining the date upon which the rights of the parties are fixed for the purpose of reissue. For example, if the owner or either coowner of a bond dies after the bond has been surrendered for reissue, the bond will be regarded as having been reissued in the decedent's lifetime.
Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury
PART 360—REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEFINITIVE UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES I
Subpart H—Reissue and Denominational Exchange
§ 360.46 Effective date of request for reissue.