[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR72.17]

[Page 353]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72_DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.17  Responsibility of consular agents.

    A consular agent has no statutory authority to take possession and 
dispose of the personal estate of a deceased citizen of the United 
States, except under the immediate supervision and as the agent of his 
principal consular officer. The consular agent, therefore, should 
immediately report the circumstances to, and request instructions from, 
his principal consular officer, who should assume the responsibility for 
taking possession and disposing of the personal estate in accordance 
with the regulations in this part.