{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-353.57","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 353.57","heading":"When a certifying officer may not certify.","body":"Certifying officers may not certify the requests for payment of bonds, or appropriate Fiscal Service transaction forms if, in their own right or in a representative capacity, they—\n(a) Have an interest in the bonds, or\n(b) Will, by virtue of the requests being certified, acquire an interest in the 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 353—REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEFINITIVE UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES EE AND HH","Subpart J—Certifying Officers"],"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":"8f119a447be99665fb08967a15a4793fe8649486a4e787f0f82d3558e3db0afd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-353.56","next":"us/31-cfr-353.58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}