31 C.F.R. § 535.311

Property; property interests

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Except as defined in § 535.203(f) for the purposes of that section, the terms property and property interest or property interests shall include, but not by way of limitation, money, checks, drafts, bullion, bank deposits, savings accounts, debts, indebtedness, obligations, notes, debentures, stocks, bonds, coupons, any other financial securities, bankers' acceptances, mortgages, pledges, liens or other rights in the nature of security, warehouse receipts, bills of lading, trust receipts, bills of sale, any other evidences of title, ownership or indebtedness, powers of attorney, goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, stocks on hand, ships, goods on ships, real estate mortgages, deeds of trust, vendors' sales agreements, land contracts, real estate and any interest therein, leaseholds, grounds rents, options, negotiable instruments, trade acceptances, royalties, book accounts, accounts payable, judgments, patents, trademarks or copyrights, insurance policies, safe deposit boxes and their contents, annuities, pooling agreements, contracts of any nature whatsoever, and any other property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or interest or interests therein, present, future or contingent.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1980–2009 · leading case: In Re Islamic Repub. of Iran Terrorism Litig., 659 F. Supp. 2d 31 (D.D.C. 2009).
In Re Islamic Repub. of Iran Terrorism Litig., 659 F. Supp. 2d 31 (D.D.C. 2009). “(citing 31 C.F.R. § 535.311 (1999)). In rejecting plaintiffs argument, this Court relied on Buchanan and Blue Fox, and held that funds in the United States Treasury — regardless of whether those funds have been set aside to *54 pay a debt to Iran — remain immune from attachment…”
Ministry of Def. & Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Repub. of Iran v. Cubic Def. Sys., Inc., 236 F. Supp. 2d 1140 (S.D. Cal. 2002). · cites it 2× “” See 31 C.F.R. § 535.311 (“Property; Property Interests”).”
Flatow v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 74 F. Supp. 2d 18 (D.D.C. 1999). · cites it 2× “See Iranian Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. § 535.311 (1999) (recognizing, inter alia, debt, indebtedness and judgments as property).”
Kindhearts for Charitable Humanitarian Dev., Inc. v. Geithner, 647 F. Supp. 2d 857 (N.D. Ohio 2009). “In contrast, OFAC defined the terms “property” and “property interest” to refer to an expansive list of legally enforceable rights, including currency, negotiable instruments, “evidences of title,” “contracts of any nature whatsoever, and any other property, real, personal, or…”
Global Relief Found., Inc. v. O'NEILL, 207 F. Supp. 2d 779 (N.D. Ill. 2002). “In the regulations promulgated by OFAC with respect to IEEPA, “interest” is defined as “an interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect” which can include “any other property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or interest or interests therein, present,…”
Behring Int'l, Inc. v. Miller, 504 F. Supp. 552 (D.N.J. 1980). · cites it 2× “” 31 C.F.R. § 535.311 . Within the context of a similar statute, the Trading with the Enemy Act [TWEA], courts have defined the meaning of the term “interest”.”
Flatow v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 76 F. Supp. 2d 16 (D.D.C. 1999). “31 C.F.R. § 535.311 (1999) (emphasis added).”
Valore v. Islamic Repub. of Iran (D.D.C. 2009). “(citing 31 C.F.R. § 535.311 (1999)). In rejecting plaintiff’s argument, this Court relied on Buchanan and Blue Fox, and held that funds in the United States Treasury—regardless of whether those funds have been set aside to pay a debt to Iran—remain immune from attachment by…”
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