[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR71.5]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 71--PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS AND THEIR PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Activities
 
Sec. 71.5  Storage or safekeeping of private property.

    Except in a public emergency, no officer of the Foreign Service 
shall accept private property for storage or safekeeping in the office 
or for transmission to some other destination, unless it is property 
belonging to the estate of a deceased American citizen, or property over 
which the officer has jurisdiction as a result of a catastrophe at sea. 
In public emergencies, officers may accept private property for storage 
and safekeeping or for transmission to another destination, provided the 
owner signs a statement to the effect that the property is being 
accepted for deposit at his request, at his own risk, and with full 
knowledge that neither the Government of the United States nor any of 
its officers assumes responsibility therefor.

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