31 CFR § 597.504 - Entries in certain accounts for normal service charges authorized.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s597.504"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 597.504 - Entries in certain accounts for normal service charges authorized."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "597.504"
section_name: "Entries in certain accounts for normal service charges authorized."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "597"
part_name: "FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "8 U.S.C. 1189; 18 U.S.C. 2339B; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 52495, Oct. 8, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "597"
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# 597.504 Entries in certain accounts for normal service charges authorized.
(a) U.S. financial institutions are hereby authorized to debit any blocked account with such U.S. financial institution in payment or reimbursement for normal service charges owed to such U.S. financial institution by the owner of such blocked account.
(b) As used in this section, the term normal service charge shall include charges in payment or reimbursement for interest due; cable, telegraph, 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, photostats, credit reports, transcripts of statements, registered mail insurance, stationery and supplies, check books, and other similar items.