[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: 22CFR72.5]

[Page 350-351]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.5  Reports of presumptive deaths.

    (a) Provisional report. Upon the receipt of evidence that a United 
States citizen is missing and is presumed to be dead, a report should be 
submitted to the Department on Form FS-192, with the title amended to 
read ``Report of the Presumptive Death of an American Citizen.'' A 
statement should be inserted in the form under the heading ``Cause of 
Death'' such as the following: ``Reported missing, believed to be 
dead'', giving the source of the information upon which the presumption 
is based. A statement should also be included under the heading 
``Remarks'' showing the requirements of local law for the establishment 
of legal presumption of the death of missing persons; i.e., whether 
under local law the legal presumption of death automatically arises at 
the expiration of a stipulated lapse of time, or whether formal action 
is necessary to obtain legal confirmation of the death of missing 
persons.
    (b) Final report. In the event that the fact of death is 
established, a final complete report shall be submitted to

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the Department on Form FS-192 marked ``Final Report,'' in which 
reference shall be made, under the heading ``Remarks'', to the 
provisional report. If feasible, a ``Final Report'' should be sumbitted 
at such time as legal presumption of death arises in accordance with 
local law.