22 C.F.R. § 72.19 Responsibility if trustee for personal estate is present.
Title 22 - Foreign Relations
Likewise, the law (22 U.S.C. 1175) stipulates that the consular officer should not take possession or dispose of the personal estate of a deceased citizen who has left in the country where the death occurred, or in which he was residing at the time of death, a “trustee by him appointed.” The language of the statute includes any person, natural or juristic, appointed by the decedent in a will, or appointed by a deed to hold legal title to the personal property for the benefit of a named beneficiary.
Title 22: Foreign Relations
PART 72—DEATHS AND ESTATES
Personal Estates of Deceased Citizens
§ 72.19 Responsibility if trustee for personal estate is present.
