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OFAC, Sanctions and transaction screening

31 CFR Chapter V

Jurisdiction

Federal, Extraterritorial

Risk dimensions

sanctions, financial reporting, operations

Tier

Tier 3

Coverage

100 %

Impact

4/5

Read

2026-08-15

Source chain

Every block in the register row has its own address, so an outcome can be cited down to the paragraph. The node carries the reference, the scope, the link to the official text and the outcomes in the tree that rest on the block.

• Blocking of property

  31 CFR 501 and the programme parts

  Property and interests in property of designated persons within US jurisdiction.

• Ownership rule

  OFAC guidance of 13 August 2014

  Entities owned fifty per cent or more by blocked persons are themselves blocked.

• Reports on blocked property

  31 CFR 501.603

  Initial and annual reports on blocked and rejected transactions.

• General and specific licences

  31 CFR 501.801

  Authorisations that permit otherwise prohibited transactions.

31 CFR Chapter V

Rule tree

Rules are tested top down. Conditions are statutory elements and each outcome points to the register blocks it rests on.

1. ofac-sdn

   SDN list hit without a licence

   prohibited · Requirement applies · blocking, reporting

   31 CFR 501 and the individual sanctions programs block property and interests in property of a listed person and prohibit transactions with that person absent a licence. Blocked property is reported under 31 CFR 501.603.

2. ofac-fifty

   The fifty percent ownership rule is met

   prohibited · Requirement applies · fifty-percent, blocking

   Under the agency's reading of 31 CFR 501, an entity owned 50 percent or more, directly or indirectly, by one or more listed persons is treated as blocked even when the entity itself is not listed.

3. ofac-embargo

   Transaction against a comprehensive program

   prohibited · Requirement applies · licences, blocking

   The comprehensive programs in 31 CFR 515, 560, 510, 542 and 589 prohibit the transactions stated there absent a licence. Exemptions and licences appear in each part.

4. ofac-screening

   The basis for assessing the prohibition is absent

   risk · Requirement applies conditionally · reporting

   31 CFR 501.601 requires records of transactions to be kept for five years. Without documented screening the relationship to the lists in 31 CFR 501 cannot be determined.

5. ofac-base

   The sanctions rules apply to the transaction

   risk · Requirement applies · blocking, reporting, licences

   31 CFR 501 applies to US persons wherever located, and blocked property is reported under 31 CFR 501.603.

Outcome

Monitoring

The journal shows what moved in the register row, with the hash before and after. The impact score follows a rule stated in plain words.

How impact is scored: Grund: tillagd eller borttagen uppgift ger 3, ändrad uppgift 2, omläsning utan ändring 0. Tillägg: +1 när ändringen rör status eller tillämpningsdatum. Tillägg: +1 när agenten ligger i klass 1. Siffran begränsas till 0 till 5.

• 2026-08-15 · 0/5 · lasning

  Raden läst mot den officiella publiceringen utan ändring

• 1977-12-28 · 4/5 · antagande, identifierare, status

  Regeln antogs enligt 31 CFR Chapter V

• 1977-12-28 · 3/5 · tillampningsdatum, status

  Regeln började tillämpas enligt utgivaren

Supervision

• U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
• U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Artifacts and integrity

• https://legal.exploreworldai.com/api/public/v1/us-agents/ofac/manifest.json
• https://legal.exploreworldai.com/api/public/v1/us-agents/ofac/run
• https://legal.exploreworldai.com/api/public/v1/us-agents/ofac/monitor.json
• sha256:5f450a5947aa931639dc15e0de163cb07458a16cc5f5556deef8d441bea2dd2b
• sha256:aeec7e1949639afd6022c9db9a78a76ffd773998fa0fa1181bff5a23c9d1199a

The verdict is a machine classification of the outcome, not legal advice and not a compliance decision. Responsibility position · 31 CFR Chapter V