22 CFR § 72.4 - Notifications of death.

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title: "22 CFR § 72.4 - Notifications of death."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "72.4"
section_name: "Notifications of death."
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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# 72.4 Notifications of death.

The consular officer should make best efforts to notify the next of kin (or legal guardian), if any, and the legal representative (if any, and if different from the next of kin), of the death of a United States citizen or non-citizen national by telephone as soon as possible, and then should follow up with a written notification of death.