may be prohibited by U.S. customs law from entry into the United States). Requests that the recipient arrange to dispose of this property, or authorize the Summary Court to sell it by public or private sale.

(g) Funds: Dispose of funds (including proceeds from sales of property), commercial instruments, stocks, bonds, etc.

(h) Cash records: Record each sale and cash transaction on AF Form 1122a (in 3 copies); attach a certified copy of each bill of sale, and each receipt for payment of a creditor, to one copy of the AF Form 1122a, and mail to the recipient.

(i) After the recipient has signed and returned the AF 1122, give the signed copies and the AF Form 1122a to the commander for approval and signature, together with a detailed account of all transactions of the Summary Court:

(1) The original signed form, together with the account of the transactions of the Summary Court, is placed in the file established in accordance with AFM 143-1 (Mortuary Affairs).

(2) The duplicate becomes part of the records of the Summary Court.

(j) After reasonable efforts have been made, without success, to obtain signed copies of AF Form 1122, the case may be closed; include in the official file of the deceased, a statement of all such action taken in this regard.

[29 F.R. 13803, Oct. 7, 1964, as amended at 32 F.R. 6032, Apr. 15, 1967]

§ 803.14 When no legal representative or next of kin can be located.

The Summary Court will:

(a) Inventory the property, and prepare AF Form 1122 in 3 copies.

(b) After collecting from local debtors and paying undisputed local creditors of the deceased, sell all property except the following; articles having value chiefly as keepsakes (as defined in 10 U.SC. 9712(e), stocks, bonds, evidence of bank accounts, or other forms of purely commercial paper.

(1) Property will be sold only when the Summary Court, after diligent effort, has not been able to discover the existence or address of any of the persons entitled to receive the property and has stated this formally in writing.

(2) Do not sell property until at least 30 days after the death of the person to whom they belonged.

(c) Pay any remaining undisputed local creditors of the deceased with funds derived from sale of the property.

(d) Record all sales and cash transactions on an AF Form 1122a (in 3 copies).

(e) Forward all cash and checks remaining after settlement of debts (with the original and 2 copies of AF Form 1122a), to the local accounting and finance officer, for deposit as prescribed in AFM 177-108 (Paying and Collecting Transactions at Base Level). The accounting and finance officer will indicate receipt of the funds by signing and returning all copies of AF Form 1122a.

(f) Give the original and two copies of AF Form 1122 and 1122a and a detailed account of all transactions of the Summary Court to the commander for his approval and signature.

(1) Place the signed original form, together with the account of the transactions of the Summary Court in the file established in accordance with AFM 143-1.

(2) Forward one copy of the forms, together with any insignia, decorations, medals, other articles valuable chiefly as keepsakes, and all purely commercial papers such as stocks, bonds, evidence of bank accounts, etc., to the United States Soldiers Home, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 9712(f).

(3) Retain the remaining copy for the records of the Summary Court. Subpart C--Property of Deceased U.S. Civilians

it with all available information to the recipient (in this case, the person designated by the judicial officer or by the local civil government with jurisdiction over the estates of deceased persons). Upon request of the local civil official concerned, personal property of deceased employees located outside the CONUS may be shipped to the place he designates as directed in § 803.2 and AFM 75-4 (Movement of Personnel and Personal Property).

(b) In a foreign country. The commander will collect and safeguard the property, and request the nearest U.S. consulate to take possession and dispose of it in accordance with State Department instructions. Upon request of the State Department official concerned, personal property may be shipped to the place he designates, as directed in § 803.2 and AFM 75-4.

Subpart D-Property of Missing
Persons

§ 803.30 Disposing of the property of missing persons.

Safeguard and hold personal property of a missing person for 30 days, or longer if circumstances warrant.

(a) If his status is officially changed from missing to dead, dispose of the property as directed in Subparts B and C of this part.

(b) If the person is still carried as missing after the prescribed waiting period expires, transfer the property to the custody of the person who would legally be entitled to receive it if the individual died.

Certain mortuary services and items, as described in this section, may be proIvided at Government expense or on a reimbursable basis to care for the remains of deceased persons cited in § 804.2. Certain other benefits to which entitlement exists for certain categories of personnel are also shown. The chart in § 804.3 combines the provisions of this section and § 804.2 and shows the extent of coverage for each category of personnel. Insofar as civilian employees and military members are concerned, this section covers only those benefits provided by the Air Force. Entitlement to other benefits derived from civilian employees' status as Federal employees or as veterans is explained in AFR 40-717 and AFP 40-5-5. Entitlement of military members to other benefits (such as those resulting from participation in the Federal Social Security Program) is explained in AFM 30-4. The mortuary officer will insure that only those services and/or items authorized are provided. (See § 804.3.)

(a) Recovery. Search, recovery, segregation and identification of remains.

(b) Communications. Advising next of kin or other appropriate person concerning arrangements for preparation and disposition of remains.

(c) Mortuary services-(1) Removal. Removal of remains from place of death to a mortuary.

(2) Preparation. Embalming and other preservative measures, derma surgery, restorative art, dressing or wrapping, placing in casket, burial and shipping permits, and other related items, some of which may be required to comply with laws or customs for shipment of remains to or from the CONUS.

(3) Casket and outer case. (i) Casket and outer case conforming to the specification in the Contract for Care of Remains.

(ii) Casket and outer case suitable for shipment to place of interment.

(d) Cremation. Actual crematory charges including a suitable urn and any costs necessary to transport the remains to the crematory.

(e) Clothing. Military uniform or civilian clothing.

carrier at the on-loading point and one removal of remains by hearse from the common carrier terminal at destination to a mortuary or other place of immediate delivery.

(g) Escort travel. Round trip transportation and prescribed allowances for an escort (one person) to accompany remains of deceased military personnel to final destination.

(h) Flag. One interment flag, with flag case, for each deceased military person.

(1) Interment. Interment in a Government cemetery as designated by the person authorized to direct disposition of the remains or, in the absence of such designation, a Government cemetery designated by the commander concerned.

(j) Interment allowance. The next of kin of a military person is entitled to an allowance toward payment of burial expenses. These expenses may be for a grave site; opening and closing of the grave; use of cemetery equipment; purchase of burial vault; flowers; obituary notices; services of a funeral director; clergy fee; transportation of relatives and friends to and from the funeral home, church and cemetery; and any other expenses incident to burial of the remains.

(k) Grave marker. The Government furnishes an upright marble marker or a flat marker of marble, granite or bronze to mark certain graves (see §§ 804.23 through 804.25).

[30 F.R. 10889, Aug. 21, 1965, as amended at 32 F.R. 6368, Apr. 22, 1967]

The following are authorized certain benefits listed in § 804.1:

(a) Military personnel. Even though such person may have been temporarily absent from active duty without leave at the time of death (provided he had not been dropped from the rolls of his organization before his death):

(1) Regulars of the Air Force (including cadets of the United States Air Force Academy), members of the Air Force Reserve, members of the Air National Guard of the United States, and members of the Air Force without component, who die while on active duty (other than active duty for training).

(2) Members of the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, and the Air National Guard of the United States, who die while:

(i) On active duty for training for any period of time or performing authorized travel to or from such duty, or

(ii) Hospitalized or undergoing treatment at the expense of the United States for injury incurred, or disease contracted, while on that duty or training or while performing that travel, or

(iii) On authorized inactive training.

duty

(Inactive duty training Reservists who die en route to or from such training are not eligible for care and disposition of remains at Air Force expense.)

(3) Members of the Air Force Reserve Officer's Training Corps who die while:

(i) Attending a training camp or performing authorized travel to or from such camp, or

(ii) While hospitalized or undergoing treatment at the expense of the United States for injury incurred, or disease contracted while attending training camp or while performing travel to or from such camp.

(4) Accepted applicants for enlistment in the Air Force.

(5) Any person who has been discharged from an enlistment in the Air Force while a patient in a United States military hospital, and who continued to be such a patient to the date of death.

(6) Any retired member of the Air Force who became a patient in a United States military hospital while he was on active duty for a period of more than 30 days and who continued to be a patient in a U.S. military hospital to the date of death.

NOTE: Individual must have been a patient continuously and physically in the hospital. Those who have been medically treated in an out-patient status are not authorized mortuary services at Government expense. Disposition of remains of retired personnel, other than those indicated in paragraph (a) (6) of this section, is the responsibility of relatives or the Veterans' Administration if death occurs while the retired person is hospitalized in a Veterans' Administration Hospital. Queries concerning payment of burial expenses for such personnel should be referred to the Veterans' Administration.

(b) Air Force civilian employees paid from appropriated funds. (1) Employees who die while traveling at Government expense on official business within and outside the CONUS.

(2) Employees whose homes are in the CONUS, who die while assigned to an official duty station outside the CONUS or in transit thereto or therefrom.

(3) Employees whose homes are in foreign countries, who die while performing official duties away from their homeland or in transit thereto or therefrom, provided the employee would have been entitled to travel to his home at Government expense upon termination of his employment.

(c) Contract Technical Services personnel. Contract Technical Services personnel as defined in AFM 66-18 (Contract Technical Services (CTS)).

(d) Dependents. (1) Dependents of members of the Armed Forces who die while the member is on active duty (other than for training).

(2) Dependents of civilian employees of the Armed Forces (paid from appropriated funds) who die while residing with such employee outside the CONUS or while traveling to or from such place of duty.

(e) United States citizens who die outside the continental United States. (1) An employee of a humanitarian agency accredited to the Armed Forces of the United States such as the American National Red Cross and the United Services organization.

(2) Any civilian performing services directly for the Armed Forces because of employment by an agency under contract with the Armed Forces.

(3) Any person on duty with the Armed Forces of the United States paid from nonappropriated funds.

(4) Any officer or member of a crew of a merchant vessel operated by or for the United States through the Armed Forces.

(5) Any person for whom such services are requested by the Department of State.

(6) Any dependent of a United States citizen covered in this paragraph provided the dependent is living outside the CONUS with that person at the time of death.

(f) Indigent persons. Indigent persons who die in Air Force hospitals and other persons who die on Air Force installations, when next of kin or local municipal authorities will not assume custody of the remains and disposition cannot otherwise be made.

(g) Military prisoners. Military prisoners (other than prisoners of war or internees) who die or are executed while in Air Force custody or confinement.

(h) Enemy prisoners and aliens. Prisoners of war and interned enemy aliens who die while in Air Force custody.

[29 F.R. 13803, Oct. 7, 1964, as amended at 32 F.R. 6368, Apr. 22, 1967]