---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 353.56"
title: "31"
number: "353.56"
heading: "General instructions and liability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/353.56"
---

# §353.56. General instructions and liability.

- (a) **The certifying officer must—**
  - (1) Require the person presenting a bond, or an appropriate Fiscal Service transaction form, to establish his or her identity in accordance with Department of the Treasury instructions and identification guidelines;
  - (2) Place a notation on the back of the bond or on the appropriate Fiscal Service transaction form, or in a separate record, showing exactly how identification was established; and
  - (3) Affix, as part of the certification, his or her official signature, title, seal or issuing or paying agent's stamp, address, and the date of execution.
- (b) The certifying officer and, if such person is an officer or an employee of an organization, the organization will be held fully responsible for the adequacy of the identification.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 391; 31 U.S.C. 3105, 3125.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 76441, Dec. 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted.