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  1. Title 22 —Foreign Relations
  2. Chapter I —Department of State
  3. Subchapter H —Protection and Welfare of Americans, Their Property and Estates
  4. Part 72   View Full Text
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Title 22Foreign RelationsPart / Section
Chapter IDepartment of State1 – 199
Subchapter HProtection and Welfare of Americans, Their Property and Estates71 – 72
Part 72Deaths and Estates72.1 – 72.31
Reporting Deaths of United States Nationals72.1 – 72.6
§ 72.1Definitions.
§ 72.2Consular responsibility.
§ 72.3Exceptions.
§ 72.4Notifications of death.
§ 72.5Final report of death.
§ 72.6Report of presumptive death.
Disposition of Remains72.7
§ 72.7Consular responsibility.
Personal Estates of Deceased United States Citizens and Nationals72.8 – 72.28
§ 72.8Regulatory responsibility of consular officer.
§ 72.9Responsibility if legal representative is present.
§ 72.10Responsibility if a will intended to operate locally exists.
§ 72.11Responsibility if a will intended to operate in the United States exists.
§ 72.12Bank deposits in foreign countries.
§ 72.13Effects to be taken into physical possession.
§ 72.14Nominal possession; property not normally taken into physical possession.
§ 72.15Action when possession is impractical.
§ 72.16Procedure for inventorying and appraising effects.
§ 72.17Final statement of account.
§ 72.18Payment of debts owed by decedent.
§ 72.19Consular officer is ordinarily not to act as administrator of estate.
§ 72.20Prohibition against performing legal services or employing counsel.
§ 72.21Consular officer may not assume financial responsibility for the estate.
§ 72.22Release of personal estate to legal representative.
§ 72.23Affidavit of next of kin.
§ 72.24Conflicting claims.
§ 72.25Transfer of personal estate to Department of State.
§ 72.26Vesting of personal estate in United States.
§ 72.27Export of cultural property; handling other property when export, possession, or import may be illegal.
§ 72.28Claims for lost, stolen, or destroyed personal estate.
Real Property Overseas Belonging to a Decreased United States Citizen or National72.29 – 72.30
§ 72.29Real property overseas belonging to deceased United States citizen or national.
§ 72.30Provisions in a will or advanced directive regarding disposition of remains.
Fees72.31
§ 72.31Fees for consular death and estates services.
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