31 CFR § 315.28 - Recovery or receipt of bond before or after relief is granted.

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title: "31 CFR § 315.28 - Recovery or receipt of bond before or after relief is granted."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "315.28"
section_name: "Recovery or receipt of bond before or after relief is granted."
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "315"
part_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING U.S. SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, AND K, AND U.S. SAVINGS NOTES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 3105 and 5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 64091, Sept. 26, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "315"
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# 315.28 Recovery or receipt of bond before or after relief is granted.

(a) *Recovery prior to granting relief.* If a bond reported lost, stolen, destroyed, or not received, is recovered or received before relief is granted, the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Parkersburg, WV 26101, must be notified promptly.

(b) *Recovery subsequent to granting of relief.* A bond for which relief has been granted is the property of the United States and, if recovered, must be promptly submitted to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Parkersburg, WV 26101, for cancellation.