31 CFR § 544.301 - Blocked account; blocked property.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s544.301"
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title: "31 CFR § 544.301 - Blocked account; blocked property."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "544.301"
section_name: "Blocked account; blocked property."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "544"
part_name: "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATORS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601  1701  Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13094, 63 FR 40803, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 200; E.O. 13382, 70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 170."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 16773, Apr. 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 544.301 Blocked account; blocked property.

The terms *blocked account* and *blocked property* shall mean any account or property subject to the prohibitions in § 544.201 held in the name of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 544.201(a), or in which such person has an interest, and with respect to which payments, transfers, exportations, withdrawals, or other dealings may not be made or effected except pursuant to an authorization or license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control expressly authorizing such action.

See § 544.411 concerning the blocked status of property and interests in property of an entity that is directly or indirectly owned, whether individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more persons and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 544.201(a).

[74 FR 16773, Apr. 13, 2009, as amended at 87 FR 78473, Dec. 21, 2022]