Part 72. PART 72—DEATHS AND ESTATES

• Reporting Deaths of United States Nationals

  • SECTION § 72.1 - Definitions.
  • SECTION § 72.2 - Consular responsibility.
  • SECTION § 72.3 - Exceptions.
  • SECTION § 72.4 - Notifications of death.
  • SECTION § 72.5 - Final report of death.
  • SECTION § 72.6 - Report of presumptive death.

• Disposition of Remains

  • SECTION § 72.7 - Consular responsibility.

• Personal Estates of Deceased United States Citizens and Nationals

  • SECTION § 72.8 - Regulatory responsibility of consular officer.
  • SECTION § 72.9 - Responsibility if legal representative is present.
  • SECTION § 72.10 - Responsibility if a will intended to operate locally exists.
  • SECTION § 72.11 - Responsibility if a will intended to operate in the United States exists.
  • SECTION § 72.12 - Bank deposits in foreign countries.
  • SECTION § 72.13 - Effects to be taken into physical possession.
  • SECTION § 72.14 - Nominal possession; property not normally taken into physical possession.
  • SECTION § 72.15 - Action when possession is impractical.
  • SECTION § 72.16 - Procedure for inventorying and appraising effects.
  • SECTION § 72.17 - Final statement of account.
  • SECTION § 72.18 - Payment of debts owed by decedent.
  • SECTION § 72.19 - Consular officer is ordinarily not to act as administrator of estate.
  • SECTION § 72.20 - Prohibition against performing legal services or employing counsel.
  • SECTION § 72.21 - Consular officer may not assume financial responsibility for the estate.
  • SECTION § 72.22 - Release of personal estate to legal representative.
  • SECTION § 72.23 - Affidavit of next of kin.
  • SECTION § 72.24 - Conflicting claims.
  • SECTION § 72.25 - Transfer of personal estate to Department of State.
  • SECTION § 72.26 - Vesting of personal estate in United States.
  • SECTION § 72.27 - Export of cultural property; handling other property when export, possession, or import may be illegal.
  • SECTION § 72.28 - Claims for lost, stolen, or destroyed personal estate.

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

  • SECTION § 72.29 - Real property overseas belonging to deceased United States citizen or national.
  • SECTION § 72.30 - Provisions in a will or advanced directive regarding disposition of remains.

• Fees

  • SECTION § 72.31 - Fees for consular death and estates services.