---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 359.45"
title: "31"
number: "359.45"
heading: "How are book-entry Series I savings bonds purchased and held?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/359.45"
---

# §359.45. How are book-entry Series I savings bonds purchased and held?


Book-entry bonds must be purchased and held online through your New Treasury Direct account. We provide instructions for opening an account online at http://www.fiscal.treasury.gov.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 67 FR 64278, Oct. 17, 2002, unless otherwise noted.