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31 CFR § 562.311 - United States person; U.S. person.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s562.311"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 562.311 - United States person; U.S. person."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "562.311"
section_name: "United States person; U.S. person."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "562"
part_name: "IRANIAN SECTOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES 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; 18 U.S.C. 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 8501-8551; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 12957, 60 FR 14615, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 332; E.O. 13553, 75 FR 60567, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 253; E.O. 13871, 84 FR 20761, 3 CFR, 2019 Comp., p. 308."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 7695, Feb. 11, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "562"
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# 562.311 United States person; U.S. person.

The term *United States person* or *U.S. person* means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.