§1611 Certain Types of Property Immune From Execution

Summary

Bars U.S. courts from seizing or using certain foreign property to pay judgments in three situations. If the President says an organization gets the protections of the International Organizations Immunities Act, its property cannot be seized or blocked if that would stop money being paid to or on behalf of a foreign state in U.S. court cases. A foreign state’s property is also protected if it belongs to that country’s central bank or monetary authority and is kept for its own use (unless the bank or its government explicitly gave up that protection), or if the property is used for military activity and is military in nature or controlled by a military or defense agency. Also, under section 302 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, facilities used by an accredited diplomatic mission for official purposes cannot be seized.