§ 4196. — Notification of death of decedent; transmission of inventory of effects.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4196]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4196. Notification of death of decedent; transmission of
inventory of effects
For the information of the representative of the deceased, the
consular officer, or, if no consular officer is present, a diplomatic
officer, in the settlement of his estate shall immediately notify his
death in one of the gazettes published in the consular district, and
also to the Secretary of State, that the same may be notified in the
State to which the deceased belonged; and he shall, as soon as may be,
transmit to the Secretary of State an inventory of the effects of the
deceased taken as before directed.
(R.S. Sec. 1710; July 12, 1940, ch. 618, 54 Stat. 760.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 1710 derived from act Apr. 14, 1792, ch. 24, Sec. 2, 1
Stat. 255.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1176 of this title, and
prior thereto to section 76 of this title.
Amendments
1940--Act July 12, 1940, substituted ``the consular officer, or, if
no consular officer is present, a diplomatic officer,'' for ``the consul
or vice-consul,''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4191 of this title.
