31 CFR § 528.505 - Entries in certain accounts for normal service charges.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s528.505"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 528.505 - Entries in certain accounts for normal service charges."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "528.505"
section_name: "Entries in certain accounts for normal service charges."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "528"
part_name: "INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT-RELATED SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended); E.O. 14203, 90 FR 9369."
regulatory_source: "90 FR 28013, July 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "528"
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# 528.505 Entries in certain accounts for normal service charges.
(a) A U.S. financial institution is authorized to debit any blocked account held at that financial institution in payment or reimbursement for normal service charges owed it by the owner of that blocked account.
(b) As used in this section, the term *normal service charges* shall include charges in payment or reimbursement for interest due; cable, telegraph, internet, or telephone charges; postage costs; custody fees; small adjustment charges to correct bookkeeping errors; and, but not by way of limitation, minimum balance charges, notary and protest fees, and charges for reference books, photocopies, credit reports, transcripts of statements, registered mail, insurance, stationery and supplies, and other similar items.