---
title: EscrowCreate
description: Sequester XAH or IOU until the escrow process either finishes or is canceled.
---
\[[Source](https://github.com/Xahau/xahaud/blob/dev/src/ripple/app/tx/impl/URIToken.cpp)]

_Added by the \[Escrow amendment]\[]._

### Example

```json
{
    "Account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    "TransactionType": "EscrowCreate",
    "Amount" : {
       "currency" : "USD",
       "value" : "1",
       "issuer" : "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn"
    },
    "Destination": "rsA2LpzuawewSBQXkiju3YQTMzW13pAAdW",
    "CancelAfter": 533257958,
    "FinishAfter": 533171558,
    "Condition": "A0258020E3B0C44298FC1C149AFBF4C8996FB92427AE41E4649B934CA495991B7852B855810100",
    "DestinationTag": 23480,
    "SourceTag": 11747
}
```

### Fields

| Field            | JSON Type                                                                                                                          | \[Internal Type]\[] | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Amount`         | [Currency Amount](/docs/protocol-reference/data-types/currency-formats/#specifying-currency-amounts) | Amount              | Amount to deduct from the sender's balance and escrow. Once escrowed, the Amount can either go to the `Destination` address (after the `FinishAfter` time) or returned to the sender (after the `CancelAfter` time).                   |
| `Destination`    | String                                                                                                                             | AccountID           | Address to receive escrowed Amount.                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `CancelAfter`    | Number                                                                                                                             | UInt32              | _(Optional)_ The time, in \[seconds since the Ripple Epoch]\[], when this escrow expires. This value is immutable; the funds can only be returned to the sender after this time.                                                       |
| `FinishAfter`    | Number                                                                                                                             | UInt32              | _(Optional)_ The time, in \[seconds since the Ripple Epoch]\[], when the escrowed Amount can be released to the recipient. This value is immutable; the funds cannot move until this time is reached.                                  |
| `Condition`      | String                                                                                                                             | Blob                | _(Optional)_ Hex value representing a [PREIMAGE-SHA-256 crypto-condition](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomas-crypto-conditions-02#section-8.1). The funds can only be delivered to the recipient if this condition is fulfilled. |
| `DestinationTag` | Number                                                                                                                             | UInt32              | _(Optional)_ Arbitrary tag to further specify the destination for this escrowed payment, such as a hosted recipient at the destination address.                                                                                        |

Either `CancelAfter` or `FinishAfter` must be specified. If both are included, the `FinishAfter` time must be before the `CancelAfter` time.

With the \[fix1571 amendment]\[] enabled, you must supply `FinishAfter`, `Condition`, or both. \[New in: rippled 1.0.0]\[]

