31 CFR § 353.16 - Pledge.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s353.16"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 353.16 - Pledge."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "353.16"
section_name: "Pledge."
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "353"
part_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEFINITIVE UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES EE AND HH"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 391; 31 U.S.C. 3105, 3125."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 76441, Dec. 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "353"
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# 353.16 Pledge.

A savings bond may not be hypothecated, pledged, or used as security for the performance of an obligation.