[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR72.16]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.16  Regulatory responsibility of consular officer.

    Except as otherwise provided in Secs. 72.18 through 72.26, the 
consular officer (or in his absence a dipomatic officer) should take 
possession and dispose of the personal estates (other than the articles 
described in Secs. 72.29 and 72.30) of all United States citizens who 
die within his jurisdiction or were residing therein at the time of 
death. This responsibility should be discharged in accordance with the 
procedure prescribed herein so far as that procedure is authorized by:
    (a) Treaty provisions; or
    (b) The laws or authorities of the country wherein the estate is 
located; or
    (c) Established usage.