Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§4196 Notification of death of decedent; transmission of inventory of effects
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY › § 4196
Summary
A consular officer, or if none is present a diplomatic officer, must quickly publish notice of the person's death in one of the official newspapers for that consular district and tell the Secretary of State so the person's State can be informed. The officer must also promptly send the Secretary of State a list of the deceased's belongings made as earlier required.
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Title 22, §4196
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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.
Legislative History
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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.
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,”.
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22 U.S.C. § 4196
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73