Part 72 — Deaths and Estates
Current through Oct 13, 2026
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2715, 2715b, 2715c, 4196, 4197, 4198, 4199.
Source: 72 FR 8889, Feb. 28, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 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.