[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: 22CFR72.4]

[Page 348-349]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72_DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.4  Normal reporting procedure.

    (a) Purpose and use of Form FS-192. Form FS-192, ``Report of the 
Death of an American Citizen'', is an administrative report established 
for the purpose of providing essential facts concerning the death of a 
United States citizen, and should be used to report the death officially 
to the Department, to the legal representative, and to the

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closest known relative of the deceased. Notification of death by 
telegraph does not eliminate the necessity for reporting the death on 
Form FS-192.
    (b) Information required on Form FS-192. All information called for 
under the various headings of Form FS-192 should be supplied in as much 
detail as possible. When prolonged delay is experienced in procuring 
full data, the consular officer should prepare and distribute a 
preliminary report of death on Form FS-192, marking the report 
``Preliminary.'' This should be followed by a final and complete report 
as soon as full data are available. Expanded comments necessary to cover 
special circumstances concerning the death, should appear under the 
heading ``Remarks.'' When applicable, statements concerning the 
following subjects should also appear under the heading ``Remarks'':
    (1) Disposition made of the passport and certificate of 
naturalization (see Sec. 72.8);
    (2) If the deceased is known to have been the recipient of 
continuing payments other than salary from the Federal Government (e.g., 
retirement, social security, disability compensation, or veterans 
insurance or benefits), indication of the nature of the Payments 
received;
    (3) If the deceased is a Selective Service registrant of inductible 
age, his Selective Service registration number and the number and 
address of his Local Board, when known.
    (c) Signing and sealing of Form FS-192. All copies of the Form FS-
192 should be signed by the consular officer with his name and official 
title typed below, and the consular impression seal should be impressed 
on each copy.
    (d) Transmission of Form FS-192 to the Department. The original of 
Form FS-192 shall be sent to the Department, plus one additional copy 
for each agency concerned, if the deceased was:
    (1) A recipient of continuing payments other than salary from the 
Federal Government; or
    (2) An officer or employee of the Federal Government (other than 
Department of Defense or Coast Guard); or
    (3) A Selective Service registrant of inductible age.
    (e) Transmission of form to legal representative and next of kin. A 
copy of Form FS-192 should be sent to the legal representative. A copy 
should also be sent to the closest known relative of the deceased (or 
relatives, if there are two or more persons having equal interests). No 
fee is prescribed for sending one copy each of completed Form FS-192 to 
the legal representative and to the closest known relative or relatives.
    (f) Transmission of form to other consular districts. In the event 
that a part of the personal estate of the decedent is known to be in a 
consular district other than that in which the death occurs (see Sec. 
72.32), a copy of Form FS-192 should be sent to the consular officer in 
the other district.
    (g) Supplying copies of form. Copies of Form FS-192 shall be 
supplied by the Department of State or by the Foreign Service post upon 
request to any person having valid need therefor. Charges are as 
prescribed in the Schedule of Fees (Sec. 21.1 of this chapter) or in 
the Tariff of Fees, Foreign Service of the United States of America 
(Sec. 22.1 of this chapter).