CFR > Title 22 - Foreign Relations > CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE > SUBCHAPTER H—PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF AMERICANS, THEIR PROPERTY AND ESTATES (parts 71 to 72) > PART 71—PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS AND THEIR PROPERTY > SUBPART A—General Activities (§71.1 to §71.9) > 71.3—American claimants to foreign estates and inheritances.

71.3—American claimants to foreign estates and inheritances.

Where treaty provisions, local laws, or established usage permit, a consular officer should protect the interests of American citizens claiming foreign estates and inheritances.