---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 553.407"
title: "31"
number: "553.407"
heading: "Payments from blocked accounts to satisfy obligations prohibited."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/553.407"
---

# §553.407. Payments from blocked accounts to satisfy obligations prohibited.


Pursuant to [§ 553.201](/cfr/31/553.201.md), no debits may be made to a blocked account to pay obligations to U.S. persons or other persons, except as authorized by or pursuant to this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 287c; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 13667, 79 FR 28387, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 243.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 58974, Sept. 29, 2022, unless otherwise noted.