{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-72.9","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 72.9","heading":"Responsibility if legal representative is present.","body":"(a) A consular officer should not act as provisional conservator if the consular officer knows that a legal representative is present in the foreign country.\n(b) If the consular officer learns that a legal representative is present after the consular officer has taken possession and/or disposed of the personal estate but prior to transmission of the proceeds and effects to the Secretary of State pursuant to § 72.25, the consular officer should follow the procedures specified in § 72.22.","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER H—PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF AMERICANS, THEIR PROPERTY AND ESTATES","PART 72—DEATHS AND ESTATES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-22.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:49Z","sha256":"2d915914410169ca9f46952e4f62b8bbbbfc92f963364866c39ec360718a5604","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-72.8","next":"us/22-cfr-72.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}