---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 363.97"
title: "31"
number: "363.97"
heading: "What do I need to know if I transfer a book-entry savings bond to another person as a gift?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/363.97"
---

# §363.97. What do I need to know if I transfer a book-entry savings bond to another person as a gift?

- (a) You must certify online that the transfer is a gift.
- (b) You must provide the SSN or EIN of the recipient.
- (c) **Once the transfer is made, the gift is irrevocable.**
- (d) The bond will be transferred in the single owner form of registration for individual account owners, and in the entity form of registration for account owners that are entities.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 64286, Oct. 17, 2002, as amended at 74 FR 19420, Apr. 29, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 12 U.S.C. 391; 31 U.S.C. 3102, et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 3121, et seq.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 64286, Oct. 17, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 64286, Oct. 17, 2002, as amended at 74 FR 19420, Apr. 29, 2009]