22 CFR 72.21

§ 72.21 Consular officer may not assume financial responsibility for the estate.

United States · 22 CFR — Foreign Relations · Status: effective

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Citation: 22 CFR 72.21, § 72.21 Consular officer may not assume financial responsibility for the estate, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/93087
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A consular officer is not authorized to assume any financial responsibility or to incur any expense on behalf of the United States Government in collecting and disposing of the personal estate of a United States citizen or national who dies abroad. A consular officer may incur expenses on behalf of the estate only to the extent that there are funds available in the estate or from other sources (such as the next of kin).

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.