Title 22, Part 72 — Deaths and Estates
31 sections
Section 72.1
Definitions.
Section 72.2
Consular responsibility.
Section 72.3
Exceptions.
Section 72.4
Notifications of death.
Section 72.5
Final report of death.
Section 72.6
Report of presumptive death.
Section 72.7
Consular responsibility.
Section 72.8
Regulatory responsibility of consular officer.
Section 72.9
Responsibility if legal representative is present.
Section 72.10
Responsibility if a will intended to operate locally exists.
Section 72.11
Responsibility if a will intended to operate in the United States exists.
Section 72.12
Bank deposits in foreign countries.
Section 72.13
Effects to be taken into physical possession.
Section 72.14
Nominal possession; property not normally taken into physical possession.
Section 72.15
Action when possession is impractical.
Section 72.16
Procedure for inventorying and appraising effects.
Section 72.17
Final statement of account.
Section 72.18
Payment of debts owed by decedent.
Section 72.19
Consular officer is ordinarily not to act as administrator of estate.
Section 72.20
Prohibition against performing legal services or employing counsel.
Section 72.21
Consular officer may not assume financial responsibility for the estate.
Section 72.22
Release of personal estate to legal representative.
Section 72.23
Affidavit of next of kin.
Section 72.24
Conflicting claims.
Section 72.25
Transfer of personal estate to Department of State.
Section 72.26
Vesting of personal estate in United States.
Section 72.27
Export of cultural property; handling other property when export, possession, or import may be illegal.
Section 72.28
Claims for lost, stolen, or destroyed personal estate.
Section 72.29
Real property overseas belonging to deceased United States citizen or national.
Section 72.30
Provisions in a will or advanced directive regarding disposition of remains.
Section 72.31
Fees for consular death and estates services.