[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: 22CFR72.41]

[Page 360]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.41  Consular officer not to perform legal services or to employ counsel.

    Owing to the legal restriction against engaging in foreign business 
or professional activity (22 U.S.C. 805), the consular officer shall not 
act as attorney or agent for the estate. Neither shall he employ counsel 
at the expense of the United States Government, or the estate, in 
collecting and disposing of the personal estate of a deceased citizen. 
If legal assistance is requested of the consular officer, he may furnish 
the names of several attorneys or inform the inquirer as to sources 
through which the names of suitable attorneys may be obtained.