22 CFR § 72.31 - Fees for consular death and estates services.

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title: "22 CFR § 72.31 - Fees for consular death and estates services."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "72.31"
section_name: "Fees for consular death and estates services."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
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subchapter_name: "PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF AMERICANS, THEIR PROPERTY AND ESTATES"
part_number: "72"
part_name: "DEATHS AND ESTATES"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2715, 2715b, 2715c, 4196, 4197, 4198, 4199."
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# 72.31 Fees for consular death and estates services.

(a) Fees for consular death and estates services are prescribed in the Schedule of Fees, 22 CFR 22.1.

(b) The personal estates of all officers and employees of the United States who die abroad while on official duty, including military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense and the United States Coast Guard are exempt from the assessment of any fees proscribed by the Schedule of Fees.