---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 315.57"
title: "31"
number: "315.57"
heading: "When a certifying officer may not certify."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/315.57"
---

# §315.57. When a certifying officer may not certify.


Certifying officers may not certify the requests for payment of bonds, or appropriate Fiscal Service forms if, in their own right or in a representative capacity, they

- (a) Have an interest in the bonds, or
- (b) **Will, by virtue of the requests being certified, acquire an interest in the bonds.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3105 and 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 64091, Sept. 26, 1980, unless otherwise noted.