[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR211.1]

[Page 60]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 211--DELIVERY OF CHECKS AND WARRANTS TO ADDRESSES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 211.1  Withholding delivery of checks.

    (a) It is hereby determined that postal, transportation or banking 
facilities in general or local conditions in the Republic of Cuba and 
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) are such that 
there is not a reasonable assurance that a payee in those areas will 
actually receive checks or warrants drawn against funds of the United 
States, or agencies or instrumentalities thereof, and be able to 
negotiate the same for full value.
    (b) A check or warrant intended for delivery in any of the areas 
named in paragraph (a) of this section shall be withheld unless the 
check or warrant is specifically released by the Secretary of the 
Treasury.
    (c) Before a check or warrant drawn against funds blocked pursuant 
to the provisions of Executive Order No. 8389 (3 CFR, 1943 Cum. Supp.), 
as amended, and which remain blocked under the proviso clause of General 
License No. 101 of the Foreign Funds Control Regulations (31 CFR 
520.101) may be released, it will be necessary for a license authorizing 
the release to be issued by the Department of the Treasury, Office of 
Foreign Assets Control, pursuant to E.O. 8389, as amended. In this 
regard, attention is also directed to the following regulations issued 
by the Secretary of the Treasury:
    (1) The Foreign Assets Control Regulations issued on December 17, 
1950 (31 CFR part 500), pursuant to Executive Order 9193 (3 CFR, 1943 
Cum. Supp.), which prohibit transactions involving payments to nationals 
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Democratic Kampuchea, except to the 
extent that any such payments have been authorized by appropriate 
license,
    (2) The Cuban Assets Control Regulations issued on July 8, 1963 (31 
CFR part 515), pursuant to the same authority, which prohibit similar 
transactions with nationals of Cuba unless licensed, and
    (3) The Iranian Assets Control Regulations issued on November 14, 
1979 (31 CFR part 535), as amended on April 17, 1980, pursuant to 
Executive Orders 12170 and 12211, which prohibit transactions in 
property of the Iranian Government or its instrumentalities and 
transfers of funds to persons in Iran, except as authorized by 
appropriate license.
    (d) Powers of attorney for the receipt or collection of checks or 
warrants or for the proceeds of checks or warrants included within the 
determination of the Secretary of the Treasury set forth in paragraph 
(a) of this section will not be recognized.

[41 FR 15847, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 51568, Sept. 4, 1979; 
45 FR 47678, July 16, 1980; 61 FR 41739, Aug. 12, 1996; 66 FR 63623, 
Dec. 10, 2001]