UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                      Commission File Number: 1-7007
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                              BANDAG, INCORPORATED
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                              2905 North Highway 61
                           Muscatine, Iowa 52761-5886
                                 (563) 262-1400
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)

                       Class B Common Stock, $1 par value
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                           Common Stock, $1 par value
                       Class A Common Stock, $1 par value
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(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)    [x]         Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)     [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)   [ ]         Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)    [ ]         Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)     [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)   [ ]         Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)    [ ]
                                             Rule 15d-6              [ ]

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date:  210
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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Bandag, Incorporated has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


Date: February 27, 2002            By:    /s/ Warren W. Heidbreder
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                                      Name:   Warren W. Heidbreder
                                      Title:  Vice President, Chief Financial
                                              Officer and Corporate Secretary