Identity area
Type
Function
Authorized form of name
Administration of private interests
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Context area
Dates
Description
- Custody
A consular officer may receive for safe custody sums of money, documents and objects
- Successions (administrative management and settlement of estates) especially in absence of heirs
Custody of the estate and properties of the deceased national. The consular office became the executor of the deceased
i. draw up a detailed inventory of the estate and lists of properties
ii face the legal questions and the problems in the division of property (pay debts and solve disputes concerning the estates).
iii. face the property liquidation and transfer funds to heirs abroad.
As part of this role, it protects the interests of minors and incapacitated persons.
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