[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: 22CFR72.23]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72_DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.23  Responsibility in case of Department of Defense personnel.

    The Department of Defense is required, in the absence of a legal 
representative or other authorized person (see Sec. Sec. 72.18 and 
72.19), to assume responsibility for the disposition of the personal 
estates of its military and civilian personnel who have died abroad. 
However, when no representative of the Department of Defense, or other 
authorized person, is present at the time of death, the consular officer 
should take possession of the personal estate and hold it for 
disposition in accordance with instructions from the Department of 
Defense. No fee should be charged for services so rendered (Sec. 
72.54). Instructions in this section do not apply to the personal 
estates of dependents of Department of Defense personnel; nor to 
contractor personnel, i.e., United States civilians employed in foreign 
countries by commercial concerns operating under contract with the 
Department of Defense, and their dependents. The estates of such persons 
should be disposed of in the manner prescribed by Sec. Sec. 72.28 to 
72.51, if no legal representative is present.