22 C.F.R. § 72.5 Reports of presumptive deaths.
Title 22 - Foreign Relations
(a) Provisional report. Upon the receipt of evidence that a United States citizen is missing and is presumed to be dead, a report should be submitted to the Department on Form FS–192, with the title amended to read “Report of the Presumptive Death of an American Citizen.” A statement should be inserted in the form under the heading “Cause of Death” such as the following: “Reported missing, believed to be dead”, giving the source of the information upon which the presumption is based. A statement should also be included under the heading “Remarks” showing the requirements of local law for the establishment of legal presumption of the death of missing persons; i.e., whether under local law the legal presumption of death automatically arises at the expiration of a stipulated lapse of time, or whether formal action is necessary to obtain legal confirmation of the death of missing persons. (b) Final report. In the event that the fact of death is established, a final complete report shall be submitted to the Department on Form FS–192 marked “Final Report,” in which reference shall be made, under the heading “Remarks”, to the provisional report. If feasible, a “Final Report” should be sumbitted at such time as legal presumption of death arises in accordance with local law.
Title 22: Foreign Relations
PART 72—DEATHS AND ESTATES
Reporting Deaths of United States Citizens
§ 72.5 Reports of presumptive deaths.
