---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 71.3"
title: "22"
number: "71.3"
heading: "American claimants to foreign estates and inheritances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/71.3"
---

# §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.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3904; 22 U.S.C. 2715; 22 U.S.C. 2715a; 22 U.S.C 2715b; 22 U.S.C. 2715c; 22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2); 22 U.S.C. 2671(d); 22 U.S.C. 2670(j); 22 U.S.C. 4196; 22 U.S.C. 4197.

### Source

Source: 22 FR 10841, Dec. 27, 1957, unless otherwise noted.