{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-321.13","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 321.13","heading":"Cancellation of redeemed securities.","body":"A paying agent shall cancel each redeemed security by imprinting the word “PAID” on its face and entering the amount and date of the actual payment and the agent's name, location, and four-digit code number assigned by a TRS Site or nine-digit ABA code number. The recordation of this data shall constitute a certification by the agent that the security was redeemed in accordance with the provisions of this part, that the presenter's identity and entitlement to request payment were duly established, and that the proceeds were paid to the presenter or remitted to a TRS Site in payment for Series HH savings bonds.","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 321—PAYMENTS BY BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF DEFINITIVE UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND UNITED STATES SAVINGS NOTES (FREEDOM SHARES)","Subpart D—Payment and Transmittal of Securities"],"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":"ef3c5efa184dfb28452556c2b85f2943a2e2f2628eedfdae3e596220816cf90b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-321.12","next":"us/31-cfr-321.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}