---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 72.9"
title: "22"
number: "72.9"
heading: "Responsibility if legal representative is present."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/72.9"
---

# §72.9. Responsibility if legal representative is present.

- (a) A consular officer should not act as provisional conservator if the consular officer knows that a legal representative is present in the foreign country.
- (b) If the consular officer learns that a legal representative is present after the consular officer has taken possession and/or disposed of the personal estate but prior to transmission of the proceeds and effects to the Secretary of State pursuant to [§ 72.25](/cfr/22/72.25.md), the consular officer should follow the procedures specified in [§ 72.22](/cfr/22/72.22.md).

## 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.