2012 US Code
Title 31 - Money and Finance
Subtitle VI - MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 9101 - 9704)
Chapter 93 - SURETIES AND SURETY BONDS (§§ 9301 - 9309)
Section 9301 - Definitions

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 93 - SURETIES AND SURETY BONDS
Sec. 9301 - Definitions
Containssection 9301
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1046; Pub. L. 109-351, title IX, §901(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 2007.
Statutes at Large References96 Stat. 1046
120 Stat. 2007
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 97-258, Public Law 109-351

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SURETIES AND SURETY BONDS - 31 U.S.C. § 9301 (2012)
§9301. Definitions

In this chapter—

(1) “person” means an individual, a trust, an estate, a partnership, and a corporation.

(2) “eligible obligation” means any security designated as acceptable in lieu of a surety bond by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1046; Pub. L. 109–351, title IX, §901(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 2007.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
9301 6:15(10th, last sentences).

In clause (1), the words after the semicolon are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.

Clause (2) is substituted for 6:15(last sentence) for consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words.

Amendments

2006—Par. (2). Pub. L. 109–351 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “ ‘Government obligation’ means a public debt obligation of the United States Government and an obligation whose principal and interest is unconditionally guaranteed by the Government.”

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