[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: 22CFR72.22]

[Page 355]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.22  Responsibility if will intended to operate in the United States exists.

    If a will that is intended to operate in the United States is found 
among the effects taken into possession by the consular officer, it 
should be forwarded immediately to the person or persons designated, in 
the event that their whereabouts are known. When this is impossible, the 
will should be sent to the appropriate court in the State of the 
decedent's domicile. Special directions contained in the will for the 
conservation by the consular officer of the personal estate should be 
observed by him so far as the laws of the foreign country and these 
regulations permit him to act.