22 CFR 72.18
§ 72.18 Payment of debts owed by decedent.
United States · 22 CFR — Foreign Relations · Status: effective
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- 22 CFR 72.18, § 72.18 Payment of debts owed by decedent, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/93084
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The consular officer may pay debts of the decedent which the consular officer believes in his or her discretion are legitimately owed in the country in which the death occurred, or in the country in which the decedent was residing at the time of death, including expenses incident to the disposition of the remains and the personal effects, out of the convertible assets of the personal estate taken into possession by the consular officer.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.