25 C.F.R. § 179.5
What documents will BIA use to record termination of a life estate?
The Agency will file a copy of the relinquishment of the interest or death certificate with the BIA Land Title and Records Office for recording upon receipt of one of the following:
(a) The life estate holder's relinquishment of an interest in trust or restricted property; or
(b) Notice of death of a person who is the measuring life for the life estate in trust or restricted property.
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case (1 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: Fredericks v. United States Dep't of the Interior (D.D.C. 2021).
Fredericks v. United States Dep't of the Interior (D.D.C. 2021). “See 25 C.F.R. § 179.5 (1988). Thus, this Court need not definitively determine how the FBMLA’s consent provision operates in the context of the leasing of mineral interests that are subject to a life estate in order to conclude that interpreting “owners” to include life tenants…”
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