31 CFR § 802.213 - Entity.

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title: "31 CFR § 802.213 - Entity."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "802.213"
section_name: "Entity."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF INVESTMENT SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "802"
part_name: "REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS BY FOREIGN PERSONS INVOLVING REAL ESTATE IN THE UNITED STATES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "50 U.S.C. 4565; E.O. 11858, as amended, 73 FR 4677."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 3166, Jan. 17, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 802.213 Entity.

The term *entity* means any branch, partnership, group or sub-group, association, estate, trust, corporation or division of a corporation, or organization (whether or not organized under the laws of any State or foreign state); assets (whether or not organized as a separate legal entity) operated by any one of the foregoing as a business undertaking in a particular location or for particular products or services; and any government (including a foreign national or subnational government, the U.S. Government, a subnational government within the United States, and any of their respective departments, agencies, or instrumentalities).