[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR44.129]

[Page 875]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 44_EXPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, 
WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TAX, OR WITH DRAWBACK OF TAX--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart F_Bonds and Extensions of Coverage of Bonds
 
Sec. 44.129  Release of bonds, notes, and obligations.

    (a) Bonds, notes, and other obligations of the United States, 
pledged and deposited as security in connection with bonds required by 
this part, shall be released only in accordance with the provisions of 
Treasury Department Circular No. 154 (31 CFR Part 225--Acceptance of 
Bonds, Notes or Other Obligations Issued or Guaranteed by the United 
States as Security in Lieu of Surety or Sureties on Penal Bonds). When 
the appropriate ATF officer is satisfied that it is no longer necessary 
to hold such security, he shall fix the date or dates on which a part or 
all of such security may be released. At any time prior to the release 
of such security, the appropriate ATF officer may, for proper cause, 
extend the date of release of such security for such additional length 
of time as in his judgment may be appropriate.
    (b) Treasury Department Circular No. 154 is periodically revised and 
contains the provisions of 31 CFR part 225 and the forms prescribed in 
31 CFR part 225. Copies of the circular may be obtained from the Audit 
Staff, Bureau of Government Financial Operations, Department of the 
Treasury, Washington, DC 20226.

(Sec. 202, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1421 (26 U.S.C. 5711); July 30, 
1947, ch. 390, 61 Stat. 650 (6 U.S.C. 15))

[T.D. ATF-92, 46 FR 46923, Sept. 23, 1981; 46 FR 48644, Oct. 2, 1981]