# 31 CFR § 596.201: Prohibited financial transactions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.201

## Section

- **Citation:** 31 CFR § 596.201
- **Heading:** Prohibited financial transactions
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance > CHAPTER V—OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY > PART 596—TERRORISM LIST GOVERNMENTS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS > Subpart B—Prohibitions

## Text

Except as authorized by regulations, orders, directives, rulings, instructions, licenses, or otherwise, no United States person, on or after the effective date, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that a country is designated under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2405, as a country supporting international terrorism, shall engage in a financial transaction with the government of that country.
Note to § 596.201: The name of each country that has been designated under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2405, as a country supporting international terrorism is published in the Federal Register by the Department of State, and a complete list of countries currently so designated can be found via the Web site of the Department of State at https://www.state.gov/state-sponsors-of-terrorism/.
[80 FR 34054, June 15, 2015, as amended at 91 FR 46843, July 27, 2026]

## Nearby sections

- [31 CFR § 596.101 § 596.101 Relation of this part to other laws and regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.101.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.201 § 596.201 Prohibited financial transactions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.201.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.202 § 596.202 Evasions; attempts; conspiracies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.202.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.301 § 596.301 Donation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.301.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.302 § 596.302 Effective date.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.302.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.303 § 596.303 Financial institution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.303.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.304 § 596.304 Financial transaction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.304.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.305 § 596.305 General license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.305.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.306 § 596.306 License.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.306.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.307 § 596.307 Monetary instruments.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.307.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.308 § 596.308 Person; entity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.308.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.309 § 596.309 Specific license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.309.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.310 § 596.310 Terrorism List Government.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.310.md)
- [31 CFR § 596.311 § 596.311 Transaction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-31-596.311.md)

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