27 CFR § 44.129 - Release of bonds, notes, and obligations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s44.129"
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title: "27 CFR § 44.129 - Release of bonds, notes, and obligations."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "44.129"
section_name: "Release of bonds, notes, and obligations."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TOBACCO"
part_number: "44"
part_name: "EXPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TAX, OR WITH DRAWBACK OF TAX"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 448, 5701-5705, 5711-5713, 5721-5723, 5731-5734, 5741, 5751, 5754, 6061, 6065, 6109, 6151, 6402, 6404, 6806, 7011, 7212, 7342, 7606, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306."
regulatory_source: "Redesignated by T.D. ATF-464, 66 FR 43480, Aug. 20, 2001."
cfr_part: "44"
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# 44.129 Release of bonds, notes, and obligations.

(a) Bonds, notes, and other obligations of the United States, pledged and deposited as security in connection with bonds required by this part, shall be released only in accordance with the provisions of 31 CFR part 225 regarding acceptance of bonds secured by Government obligations in lieu of bonds with sureties. When the appropriate TTB officer is satisfied that it is no longer necessary to hold such security, he shall fix the date or dates on which a part or all of such security may be released. At any time prior to the release of such security, the appropriate TTB officer may, for proper cause, extend the date of release of such security for such additional length of time as in his judgment may be appropriate.

(b) [Reserved]

[T.D. ATF-92, 46 FR 46923, Sept. 23, 1981; 46 FR 48644, Oct. 2, 1981, as amended by T.D. TTB-196, 89 FR 87949, Nov. 6, 2024]