---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 552.508"
title: "31"
number: "552.508"
heading: "Payments for legal services from funds originating outside the United States."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/552.508"
---

# §552.508. Payments for legal services from funds originating outside the United States.

- (a) **Professional fees and incurred expenses.**
  - (1) Receipt of payment of professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses for the provision of legal services authorized pursuant to [§ 552.507(a)](/cfr/31/552.507.md?p=a) to or on behalf of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to [§ 552.201](/cfr/31/552.201.md) is authorized from funds originating outside the United States, provided that the funds do not originate from:
    - (i) A source within the United States;
    - (ii) Any source, wherever located, within the possession or control of a U.S. person; or
    - (iii) Any individual or entity, other than the person on whose behalf the legal services authorized pursuant to [§ 552.507(a)](/cfr/31/552.507.md?p=a) are to be provided, whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to any part of this chapter or any Executive order or statute.
  - (2) Nothing in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section authorizes payments for legal services using funds in which any other person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to [§ 552.201](/cfr/31/552.201.md), any other part of this chapter, or any Executive order or statute has an interest.
- (b) **Records.** Consistent with §§ [501.601](/cfr/31/501.601.md) and [501.602](/cfr/31/501.602.md) of this chapter, U.S. persons who receive payments pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must retain for ten years from the date of the relevant payment, and furnish to OFAC on demand, a record that specifies the following for each payment:
  - (1) The individual or entity from whom the funds originated and the amount of funds received; and
  - (2) If applicable:
    - (i) The names of any individuals or entities providing related services to the U.S. person receiving payment in connection with authorized legal services, such as private investigators or expert witnesses;
    - (ii) A general description of the services provided; and
    - (iii) **The amount of funds paid in connection with such services.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 68463, Oct. 29, 2020, as amended at 89 FR 103644, Dec. 19, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., 1701 et seq.; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 13611, 77 FR 29533, 3 CFR, 2012 Comp., p. 260.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 68463, Oct. 29, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 68463, Oct. 29, 2020, as amended at 89 FR 103644, Dec. 19, 2024]