[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: 22CFR72.35]

[Page 358]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72_DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.35  Procedure for inventorying and appraising effects.

    After taking possession of the personal estate of a deceased 
citizen, the consular officer should immediately inventory and appraise 
the personal effects on the basis of the local market value, article by 
article, with the assistance of two other persons who should join him in 
signing the inventory and in certifying to the accuracy of of the 
appraised value of each article inventoried. The inventory should 
include only that part of the personal estate actually taken into 
possession by the consular officer, regardless of value and the fact 
that the death may have occurred in one consular district and a portion 
of the personal effects may be found in another consular jurisdiction. 
Care should be exercised not to over-estimate the value of the personal 
effects, which is the basis on which Foreign Service fees will be 
charged (Sec. 72.52). The consular officer may, in his discretion, call 
upon professional appraisers at the expense of the estate when warranted 
by the nature of the personal effects, i.e., expensive jewelry, furs, 
etc.