§1611 Certain Types of Property Immune From Execution

Summary

Even if other rules would allow it, property of organizations the President has named under the International Organizations Immunities Act cannot be taken or blocked if doing so would stop money from being paid to, or on the order of, a foreign state in U.S. court cases. A foreign state's property also cannot be taken or used to satisfy a judgment in these situations: when the property belongs to a foreign central bank or monetary authority for its own account, unless that bank, authority, or its parent government clearly gave up that protection and can only undo the waiver as the waiver itself allows; when the property is used or meant for military activity and is military in nature or controlled by a military or defense agency; and, in suits under section 302 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, when the property is a facility or installation used by an accredited diplomatic mission for official purposes.