31 CFR 223.16 - List of certificate holding companies
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A list of certificate holding companies is published annually as of August 1 in Department Circular No. 570, Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Sureties on Federal Bonds and as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies.
claim cfr-31-223-16-treasury-circular-570#c1The Circular carries information as to underwriting limitations, areas in which listed sureties are licensed to transact surety business, and other details.
claim cfr-31-223-16-treasury-circular-570#c2If Treasury takes exceptions to the financial statements or other information pertinent to a company's financial solvency, it must give the company due notice of those exceptions before issuing the Circular.
claim cfr-31-223-16-treasury-circular-570#c3Copies of the Circular are available at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service listing of certified companies or from the Surety Bonds Program upon request.
claim cfr-31-223-16-treasury-circular-570#c4Bonds underwritten by certified companies on the Department Circular No. 570 list may be presented to an agency bond-approving official for acceptance.
claim cfr-31-223-16-treasury-circular-570#c5Selection of a particular qualified company from among all companies holding certificates of authority is discretionary with the principal required to furnish the bond, but acceptance of a bond by an agency bond-approving official is subject to 31 CFR 223.17.
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Re-fetched 2026-08-31 and read the full section verbatim. The regulation says underwriting limitations without characterizing them as per-bond, so the per-bond wording used in the earlier draft has been removed.