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What is a SAR chain and how are SARs linked?

A SAR chain is one series of SARs for the same subject: the initial SAR, the continuing activity SARs that follow it, and any corrections. Kinectify links the SARs automatically so you can see how they relate.

Prerequisites

  • The SAR V2 Chain feature must be turned on for your organization. It is off by default, so contact your Kinectify representative to turn it on. When it is off, SARs are not linked into chains.

This article covers:

  • What a chain is and how it is named

  • What each filing is called in a chain

  • When SARs are linked

  • What Latest valid, Superseded and History needs review mean

What a Chain Is

You see a SAR’s chain on its SAR status page. To open it, select a submitted SAR from the SAR Global table, the Player Profile SARs tab, or a case’s Associated SARs.

A chain is the full history of SARs filed for one subject at your organization, starting with the initial SAR and followed, in order, by each continuing activity SAR and each correction. Each chain belongs to one subject at one organization. Chains are lettered, such as Chain A and Chain B. A subject can have more than one chain if there are separate series of suspicious activity.

Every SAR in a chain is linked to an earlier one in one of two ways:

  • Follows – A continuing activity SAR follows the SAR it continues.

  • Corrects – A corrected or amended SAR corrects the SAR it replaces.
      

How Each Filing Is Labeled

Label

What it is

Initial

The first SAR in the chain.

CA 1, CA 2 and so on

The continuing activity SARs, in order.

Corr. followed by a label, such as Corr. Initial or Corr. CA 1

A correction of that filing.

When SARs Are Linked

Kinectify links records into a chain when:

  • A case is opened. The case starts a chain, and a SAR created from the case joins it.

  • A continuing activity case is created from an acknowledged SAR. The new case joins the chain of that SAR.

  • A corrected or amended SAR is created. It is linked to the SAR it corrects.

If the earlier SAR did not belong to a chain, Kinectify opens a chain for it, and the chain shows History needs review instead of a letter. This means the earlier history could not be placed with certainty. A corrected SAR created from a SAR that has no chain is not linked.

A record that is already in a chain is not moved to another chain.

Latest Valid

Latest valid marks the SAR you should continue from or correct next. It is the most recent acknowledged filing on the main chain, or that filing's latest acknowledged correction.

If you submit a correction to the SAR marked Latest valid, the badge disappears until FinCEN responds. When FinCEN acknowledges the correction, the badge moves to the correction. If FinCEN rejects it, the badge returns to the original SAR. Corrections to older SARs in the chain do not affect the badge.

  

Superseded

A SAR is Superseded when a correction to it has been submitted. The SAR keeps the values it was filed with, and its number is struck through in the timeline. A draft correction, or one that FinCEN rejected, does not supersede the SAR. See What does it mean when a SAR is superseded?

  

What This Does Not Do

  • It does not merge SARs. Each SAR is still filed on its own and keeps its own BSA ID.

  • It does not change SARs that are already filed. Linking a chain only adds the relationship. A later correction does not alter the values an earlier SAR was filed with.

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