[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: 22CFR72.48]

[Page 362]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.48  Consular action on unclaimed estates.

    If, after the expiration of one year from the date of the decedent's 
death, a legal representative has not appeared to claim the estate, the 
consular officer should dispose of the entire personal estate in the 
manner prescribed by Sec. 72.46.