31 CFR 240.18
§ 240.18 Lack of authority to shift liability.
United States · 31 CFR — Money and Finance: Treasury · Status: effective
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- 31 CFR 240.18, § 240.18 Lack of authority to shift liability, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/139559
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(a) This part neither authorizes nor directs a financial institution to debit the account of any person or to deposit any funds from any account into a suspense account or escrow account or the equivalent. Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect a financial institution's contract with its depositor(s) under authority of state law.
(b) A financial institution's liability under this part is not affected by any action taken by it to recover from any person the amount of the financial institution's liability to the Treasury.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.