{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-224.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 224.3","heading":"When may a surety corporation provide a bond without appointing a process agent?","body":"A surety corporation may provide a bond without appointing a process agent when the State where the bond is filed, the State where the principal resides, and the State where the surety corporation is incorporated are the same.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance","CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","SUBCHAPTER A—BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE","PART 224—FEDERAL PROCESS AGENTS OF SURETY CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"758fe327e437236ceff246f2c5b23298e4c336c3961a37196a1bffe61ede96f7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-224.2","next":"us/31-cfr-224.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}