CFR > Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance > CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (parts 200 to 391) > SUBCHAPTER B—BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT (parts 306 to 391) > PART 359—OFFERING OF UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, SERIES I > SUBPART B—Definitive Series I Savings Bonds (§359.25 to §359.41-359.44) > 359.26—When are definitive Series I savings bonds validly issued?

359.26—When are definitive Series I savings bonds validly issued?

A definitive bond is validly issued when it is registered as provided in part 360, and when it bears an issue date and the validation indicia of an authorized issuing agent.