(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.
Note to § 542.505:
See § 542.515 which authorizes, subject to certain restrictions, the operation of an account in a U.S. financial institution for an individual in Syria other than an individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 542.201.
authority: 3 U.S.C. 301;
31 U.S.C. 321(b);
18 U.S.C. 2332d;
22 U.S.C. 287c;
22 U.S.C. 8791-8793;
22 U.S.C. 9528;
50 U.S.C. 1601-1651,
1701; Pub. L. 108-175 (
22 U.S.C. 2151 note); Pub. L. 116-92, Div. F, Title LXXIV, 133 Stat. 2291 (
22 U.S.C. 8791 note); Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (
28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 13338, 69 FR 26751, 3 CFR, 2004 Comp., p. 168; E.O. 13399, 71 FR 25059, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 13460, 73 FR 8991,
3 CFR 2008 Comp., p. 181; E.O. 13572, 76 FR 24787,
3 CFR 2011 Comp., p. 236; E.O. 13573, 76 FR 29143,
3 CFR 2011 Comp., p. 241; E.O. 13582, 76 FR 52209,
3 CFR 2011 Comp., p. 264; E.O. 13606, 77 FR 24571,
3 CFR 2012 Comp., p. 243; E.O.13608, 77 FR 26409, 3 CFR, 2012 Comp., p. 252
source: 79 FR 25416, May 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 31 CFR 542.505