31 CFR § 353.48 - Restrictions on reissue.

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title: "31 CFR § 353.48 - Restrictions on reissue."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "353.48"
section_name: "Restrictions on reissue."
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"
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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."
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# 353.48 Restrictions on reissue.

(a) *Elimination of definitive Series EE bonds.* After February 14, 2014, the Department of the Treasury will no longer reissue Series EE bonds in definitive (paper) form. After that date, a request for reissue of a Series EE bond for any reason will only be processed under one of the following conditions:

(1) If the new owner requests payment in the same transaction; or

(2) If the new owner provides instructions to reissue in the form of a book-entry bond in a TreasuryDirect® account. This option is available for persons who are eligible to open a TreasuryDirect® account under the regulations in 31 CFR part 363.

(b) *Denominational exchange.* Reissue is not permitted solely to change denominations.

(c) *United States Treasury.* Reissue may not be made to eliminate the United States Treasury as coowner.

[44 FR 76441, Dec. 26, 1979, as amended at 79 FR 8859, Feb. 14, 2014]