[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 31, Volume 2] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 31CFR357.10] [Page 403-404] TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 357_REGULATIONS GOVERNING BOOK-ENTRY TREASURY BONDS, NOTES AND BILLS HELD IN LEGACY TREASURY DIRECT--Table of Contents Subpart B_Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System (TRADES) Sec. 357.10 Laws governing a Treasury book-entry security, TRADES, and security interests or entitlements. Source: 67 FR 7080, Feb. 15, 2002, unless otherwise noted. (a) What law governs the rights and obligations of the United States and the [[Page 404]] Federal Reserve Banks; and the rights of any Person against the United States and the Federal Reserve Banks? Except as we provide in paragraph (b) of this section, the following are governed solely by Treasury regulations, including the regulations of this part, the applicable offering circular (which is 31 CFR part 356, in the case of securities issued on and after March 1, 1993), the announcement of the offering, and Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circulars: (1) The rights and obligations of the United States and the Federal Reserve Banks with respect to a Book-entry Security or Security Entitlement and the operation of TRADES, and (2) The rights of any Person, including a Participant, against the United States and the Federal Reserve Banks with respect to a Book-entry Security or Security Entitlement and the operation of TRADES. (b) What law governs security interests in Security Entitlements that are not recorded on a Federal Reserve Bank's books? See the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If a security interest in a Then it is governed security entitlement is-- And it is-- by-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) in favor of a Federal not recorded on the the law (not Reserve Bank from a books of a Federal including the Participant. Reserve Bank conflict-of-law pursuant to Sec. rules) of the 357.12(e)(2). jurisdiction where the head office of the Federal Reserve Bank maintaining the Participant's Securities Account is located. (2) in favor of a Federal not recorded on the the law determined Reserve Bank from a Person books of a Federal in the manner that is not a Participant. Reserve Bank specified in Sec. pursuant to Sec. 357.11. 357.12(e)(2). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) What law governs if the jurisdiction in paragraph (b)(1) of this section did not adopt Revised Article 8, or Revised Article 8 as amended by Revised Article 9 (both incorporated by reference, see Sec. 357.2)? The law specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall be the law of that State as though that State adopted Revised Article 8.