2021 US Code
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
| 22 U.S.C. § 4196 (2021) |
| §4196. Notification of death of decedent; transmission of inventory of effects |
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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. |
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(R.S. §1710; July 12, 1940, ch. 618, 54 Stat. 760.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
R.S. §1710 derived from act Apr. 14, 1792, ch. 24, §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. AMENDMENTS1940—Act July 12, 1940, substituted "the consular officer, or, if no consular officer is present, a diplomatic officer," for "the consul or vice-consul,". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
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| 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 |
| section 4196 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| 1 Stat. 255 54 Stat. 760 |
