tribal-affairs · Bureau of Indian Affairs · Published 2008-11-13 · Effective 2008-12-15 · 73 FR 67256
Document
Document number
E8-26487
Federal Register citation
73 FR 67256
CFR reference
25 CFR 15
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
tribal-affairs
Sub-agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Publication date
2008-11-13
Effective date
2008-12-15
Abstract
This final rule amends several Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Secretary regulations related to Indian trust management in the areas of probate, probate hearings and appeals, tribal probate codes, and life estates and future interests in Indian land. This rule allows the Secretary to further fulfill his fiduciary responsibilities to federally recognized tribes and individual Indians and to meet the Indian trust management policies articulated by Congress in the Indian Land Consolidation Act (ILCA), as amended by the American Indian Probate Reform Act of 2004 (AIPRA).