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Code · U.S. Code · Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · CHAPTER 52— FOREIGN SERVICE · SUBCHAPTER XIV— POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY · § 4196

§ 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.
(R.S. § 1710; July 12, 1940, ch. 618, 54 Stat. 760.)
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  • July 12, 1940, ch. 618
  • 54 Stat. 760
  • act Apr. 14, 1792, ch. 24, § 2
  • 1 Stat. 255
  • section 1176 of this title
  • section 76 of this title
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§ 4196
Notification of death of decedent; transmission of inventory of effects
Fed. Reg.×5
ActJuly 12, 1940, ch. 618
Stat.54 Stat. 760
Actact Apr. 14, 1792, ch. 24, § 2
Stat.1 Stat. 255
Citesection 1176 of this title
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