[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR72.27]

[Page 349]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 72--DEATHS AND ESTATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.27  Responsibility in case of Foreign Service personnel.

    In the absence of a legal representative or other authorized person, 
the consular officer should take possession and dispose of the personal 
estates of deceased Foreign Service personnel in the manner prescribed 
by these regulations for other deceased citizens of the United States, 
except that no fee should be charged (Sec. 72.54). Travel orders issued 
by the Department for shipment of the personal effects of deceased 
officers and employees of the Foreign Service constitute only 
administrative authorization to transport the effects to a given 
destination, and in no way relieve the consular officer of the 
responsibility for satisfying himself of a claimant's right to the 
personal estate prior to shipment (Sec. 72.43).