31 CFR § 351.41 - When are definitive Series EE savings bonds validly issued?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s351.41"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 351.41 - When are definitive Series EE savings bonds validly issued?"
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "351.41"
section_name: "When are definitive Series EE savings bonds validly issued?"
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "351"
part_name: "OFFERING OF UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES EE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 391; 31 U.S.C. 3105."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 24796, May 8, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "351"
---


# 351.41 When are definitive Series EE savings bonds validly issued?

A definitive bond is validly issued when it is registered as provided in 31 CFR part 353, and when it bears an issue date and the validation indicia of an authorized issuing agent.