Code of Federal Regulations > Title 22 > Chapter I > Part 72 - PART 72—DEATHS AND ESTATES

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

Regulations most recently checked for updates: Jan 21, 2026

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.

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.

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.

FEES

§ 72.31 - Fees for consular death and estates services.