{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-850.216","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 850.216","heading":"Knowledge.","body":"Knowledge of a fact or circumstance (the term may be a variant, such as “know”) means:\n(a) Actual knowledge that a fact or circumstance exists or is substantially certain to occur;\n(b) An awareness of a high probability of a fact or circumstance's existence or future occurrence; or\n(c) Reason to know of a fact or circumstance's existence.\nNote 1 to § 850.216:\nSee the discussion of the knowledge standard in § 850.104 for more information about how this term is applied in this part.","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 850—PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO U.S. INVESTMENTS IN CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS IN COUNTRIES OF CONCERN","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":"e644bfab95eb88f1e25b74da20bf96d1456aae97908df8613fb3e64a0b6bdc36","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-850.215","next":"us/31-cfr-850.217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}