Reporting Deaths of United States Nationals

§ 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.

Disposition of Remains

§ 72.7 - Consular responsibility.

Real Property Overseas Belonging to a Decreased United States Citizen or National

§ 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.

Reporting Deaths of United States Citizens

Personal Estates of Deceased Citizens

§ 72.32 - Action when property is in other consular districts.

§ 72.33 - Official notification to legal representative.

§ 72.34 - [Reserved]

§ 72.35 - Procedure for inventorying and appraising effects.

§ 72.36 - Preparation and disposition of inventory.

§ 72.37 - Disposal of perishable property.

§ 72.38 - Collection of debts due deceased.

§ 72.39 - Payment of debts owed by deceased.

§ 72.40 - Consular officer not to act as administrator of estate.

§ 72.41 - Consular officer not to perform legal services or to employ counsel.

§ 72.42 - Consular officer not to assume financial responsibility.

§ 72.43 - Conditions under which estate can be released by consular officer.

§ 72.44 - Evidence of claimant's right to estate.

§ 72.45 - Shipment of personal estate to the United States.

§ 72.46 - Consular action on disagreements between claimants.

§ 72.47 - Consular action on unproved claim to estate.

§ 72.48 - Consular action on unclaimed estates.

§ 72.49 - Disposition of estate upon departure of responsible officer.

§ 72.50 - Final statement of account.

§ 72.51 - Preparation and disposition of final statement of account.

§ 72.52 - Fee services.

§ 72.53 - No-fee services.

§ 72.54 - Estates of Government personnel exempt from fee assessments.

§ 72.55 - Estates of citizens dying on the high seas exempt from fee assessments.

Personal Estates of Deceased United States Citizens and Nationals

§ 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.

Fees

§ 72.31 - Fees for consular death and estates services.