31 CFR § 315.57 - When a certifying officer may not certify.

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title: "31 CFR § 315.57 - When a certifying officer may not certify."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "315.57"
section_name: "When a certifying officer may not certify."
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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authority: "31 U.S.C. 3105 and 5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 64091, Sept. 26, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 315.57 When a certifying officer may not certify.

Certifying officers may not certify the requests for payment of bonds, or appropriate Fiscal Service forms if, in their own right or in a representative capacity, they

(a) Have an interest in the bonds, or

(b) Will, by virtue of the requests being certified, acquire an interest in the bonds.