Responsibility if legal representative is present.
22 C.F.R. § 72.9
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(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.
(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.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-22.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026
