---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 72.27"
title: "22"
number: "72.27"
heading: "Export of cultural property; handling other property when export, possession, or import may be illegal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/72.27"
---

# §72.27. Export of cultural property; handling other property when export, possession, or import may be illegal.

- (a) A consular officer should not ship, or assist in the shipping, of any archeological, ethnological, or cultural property, as defined in [19 U.S.C. 2601](/usc/19/2601.md), that the consular officer is aware is part of the personal estate of a United States citizen or non-citizen national to the United States in order to avoid conflict with laws prohibiting or conditioning such export.
- (b) A consular officer may refuse to ship, or assist in the shipping, of any property that is part of the personal estate of a United States citizen or non-citizen national if the consular officer has reason to believe that possession or shipment of the property would be illegal.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2715, 2715b, 2715c, 4196, 4197, 4198, 4199.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 8889, Feb. 28, 2007, unless otherwise noted.