[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: 22CFR72.1]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.1  Consular responsibility.

    (a) A consular officer (or in his absence a diplomatic officer) is 
responsible for reporting to the Department, to the legal 
representative, and to the closest known relative the deaths of all 
United States citizens occurring in his consular district except as 
otherwise provided in Sec. 72.2. In order that he may be informed of 
such deaths, the consular officer should enlist the cooperation and 
assistance of the local authorities and the members of the American 
community.
    (b) A consular agent is not authorized to report the deaths of 
United States citizens to the Department, to the legal representative 
and to the closest known relative. The consular agent should, however, 
immediately report the circumstances of the death to

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his principal consular officer, who then has the responsibility for 
reporting in the manner prescribed in this section through Sec. 72.8.