[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: 22CFR72.49]

[Page 361]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.49  Disposition of estate upon departure of responsible officer.

    (a) Responsibility vested in officer, not post. For the purpose of 
the regulations in this part, the consular officer who actually takes 
possession and disposes of the personal estate of the deceased, i.e., 
the officer whose signature appears on the inventory of effects, is 
considered to be the responsible officer. Consequently, upon his 
departure from the post, either on transfer or extended leave, provision 
should be made for the disposition of any estate remaining unsettled at 
the time of his departure.
    (b) Procedure when estate held for less than one year. When the 
personal estate is held less than one year, the personal effects in the 
departing officer's possession should be turned over to another officer 
at the post against a receipt therefor, in triplicate, identifying the 
property and cash on hand by reference to the inventory (Secs. 72.35 and 
72.36) and the trust fund records of the post.
    (c) Procedure when estate held for more than one year. When the 
estate has been held for more than one year, the personal effects in the 
departing officer's possession should be forwarded to the Department for 
transmission to the General Accounting Office in the manner prescribed 
by Sec. 72.46 and accounted for in accordance with Sec. 72.50 unless 
circumstances as described in Secs. 72.46 and 72.47 warrant continuing 
efforts to effect agreement between rival claimants, or to establish an 
unproved claim. If the estate is not forwarded to the Department, it 
should be turned over to another officer at the post in the same manner 
authorized by paragraph (b) of this section.