[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: 22CFR72.6]

[Page 350]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.6  Reports of deaths on the high seas.

    (a) On vessels of United States registry. When a United States 
citizen (not a seaman) dies on board a vessel of the United States 
making a voyage from a port in the United States to any foreign port, 
the master of the vessel is required to enter the circumstances of the 
death in the official log book (46 U.S.C. 201). Customarily, these 
circumstances are reported to the consular officer at the first port of 
call. On the basis of the log entry, the consular officer should report 
the death on Form FS-192 in the manner prescribed for other United 
States citizens (see Sec. 72.4). A copy of the text of the log entry, 
certified by the master, should be retained with the office copy of Form 
FS-192.
    (b) On vessels of foreign registry. When a United States citizen 
dies on a vessel of foreign registry, all information obtained from the 
master of the vessel for purposes of reporting the death on Form FS-192, 
should be supported by a certified copy of the text of the log entry, if 
obtainable.