A bond belonging to a living individual may be reissued in any form of registration authorized by the regulations in this part upon an appropriate request under the conditions and for the purposes outlined in this section.
(a) Single ownership.
A bond registered in single ownership form may be reissued:
(1)
To add a coowner or beneficiary; or
(2)
To name a new owner, with or without a coowner or beneficiary as requested by the new owner, but only if the previous owner and the new owner are parties to a divorce or annulment; or
(3)
To name as new sole owner the personal trust estate created by the previous owner or which designates as beneficiary the previous owner.
(b) Coownership.
During the lifetime of both coowners:
(1)
A coownership bond may be reissued to name a new owner, with or without a coowner or beneficiary as requested by the new owner, but only if at least one of the coowners and the new owner are parties to a divorce or annulment, but reissue is limited to the extent of that coowner's interest in the bond (See § 360.22(a) ); or
(2)
To name as new sole owner the personal trust estate created by at least one of the coowners or which designates as beneficiary at least one of the coowners.
(c) Beneficiary.
A bond registered in beneficiary form may be reissued:
(1)
To substitute another individual as beneficiary; or
(2)
To eliminate the beneficiary, and, if the beneficiary is eliminated, to effect any of the reissues authorized by paragraph (a) of this section.