Section 25.98 - Surety or security(a)Bond coverage. Bonds required by this part will be given with corporate surety or collateral security.(b)Corporate surety. Surety bonds may be given only with surety companies holding certificates of authority from the Secretary as acceptable sureties on Federal bonds, subject to the limitations set forth in the current revision of Treasury Department Circular No. 570, Companies Holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Reinsuring Companies.(c)Revisions of Circular No. 570. Treasury Department Circular No. 570 is published in the Federal Register annually as of the first workday in July. As they occur, interim revisions of the circular are published in the Federal Register. Copies may be obtained from the Surety Bond Branch, Financial Management Service, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20226.(d)More than one corporate surety. A bond may be executed by two or more corporate sureties. Each corporate surety may limit its liability in terms on the face of the bond in a specified amount. This amount may not exceed the limitations set forth for corporate security by the Secretary which are set forth in the current revision of Treasury Department Circular No. 570. The sum of the liabilities for the sureties will equal the required penal sum of the bond.(e)Deposit of collateral securities in lieu of corporate surety. Bonds or notes of the United States, or other obligations which are unconditionally guaranteed as to both interest and principal by the United States, may be pledged and deposited by principals as collateral security in lieu of corporate surety in accordance with 31 CFR Part 225.96 Stat. 1068, 1085 ( 31 U.S.C. 9304 - 9308 ); sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1388, as amended ( 26 U.S.C. 5401 )