[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: 22CFR72.51]

[Page 363]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.51  Preparation and disposition of final statement of account.

    The final statement of account should be prepared in quadruplicate. 
All copies should be signed by the accountable officer and the consular 
impression seal impressed on each copy, and should be disposed of in the 
following manner:
    (a) The original should be sent to the legal representative with the 
final balance due the estate;
    (b) One copy retained in the office files; and
    (c) Two copies, under cover of a despatch, submitted to the 
Department (one copy for transmission to the General Accounting Office).

In all cases where the residue of the personal estate is to be 
transmitted to the General Accounting Office for safekeeping and 
disposition (see Secs. 72.46 to 72.48), the original should be sent to 
the Department, together with the two copies normally submitted, 
accompanied by a despatch giving detailed information concerning the 
efforts made by the consular officer to deliver the personal effects to 
a legal representative or other authorized person. Any information 
concerning the last known address of the decedent in the United States 
should also be supplied.