C.F.R. » Title 31 » CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY › SUBCHAPTER A—BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE › PART 315—REGULATIONS GOVERNING U.S. SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, AND K, AND U.S. SAVINGS NOTES › Subpart F—Relief for Loss, Theft, Destruction, Mutilation, Defacement, or Nonreceipt of Bonds

31 C.F.R. § 315.29

Adjudication of claims

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(a) General. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service will adjudicate claims for lost, stolen or destroyed bonds on the basis of records created and regularly maintained in the ordinary course of business.

(b) Claims filed ten years after payment. A bond for which no claim has been filed within ten years of the recorded date of redemption will be presumed to have been properly paid. If a claim is subsequently filed, a photographic copy of the bond will not be available to support the disallowance. This provision will be effective 60 days after the effective date of the Eleventh Revision of Department of the Treasury Circular No. 530 (31 CFR part 315).

(c) Claims filed six years after final maturity. No claim filed six years or more after the final maturity of a savings bond will be entertained, unless the claimant supplies the serial number of the bond.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1994–2019 · leading case: Laturner v. United States, 933 F.3d 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2019).
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Laturner v. United States, 933 F.3d 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2019). · cites it 4× “Second, even if the States owned the bonds, they could not obtain any greater rights than the original bond owners, and, under Federal law, 31 C.F.R. § 315.29 (c), a bond owner must provide the serial number to redeem bonds six years or more past maturity, which includes all…”
Zelman v. Gregg, 16 F.3d 445 (1st Cir. 1994). “The critical phrase, “presumed to have been properly paid,” is taken verbatim from the current Treasury regulations, 31 C.F.R. § 315.29 (b), although the regulation in question is not cited in the letters.”
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