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