{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-802.234","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 802.234","heading":"Purchase.","body":"(a) The term purchase means an arrangement conveying an ownership interest in real estate to a person in exchange for consideration.\n(b) Example: Person A, a foreign person, acquires covered real estate from Person B, a U.S. national, in exchange for land and services. Person A has purchased the covered real estate because the arrangement was predicated on consideration in the form of land and services.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance","CHAPTER VIII—OFFICE OF INVESTMENT SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","PART 802—REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS BY FOREIGN PERSONS INVOLVING REAL ESTATE IN THE UNITED STATES","Subpart B—Definitions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"b8dd21ed4067e74d5dc91d7739d3c60e4b68d39f5f7498767fa0ae9d106f50f5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-802.233","next":"us/31-cfr-802.235"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}