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Title 25IndiansPart / Section
Chapter IBureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior1 – 299
Subchapter HLand and Water150 – 183
Part 152Issuance of Patents in Fee, Certificates of Competency, Removal of Restrictions, and Sale of Certain Indian Lands152.1 – 152.35
§ 152.1Definitions.
§ 152.2Withholding action on application.
Issuing Patents in Fee, Certificates of Competency or Orders Removing Restrictions152.3 – 152.16
§ 152.3Information regarding status of applications for removal of Federal supervision over Indian lands.
§ 152.4Application for patent in fee.
§ 152.5Issuance of patent in fee.
§ 152.6Issuance of patents in fee to non-Indians and Indians with whom a special relationship does not exist.
§ 152.7Application for certificate of competency.
§ 152.8Issuance of certificate of competency.
§ 152.9Certificates of competency to certain Osage adults.
§ 152.10Application for orders removing restrictions, except Five Civilized Tribes.
§ 152.11Issuance of orders removing restrictions, except Five Civilized Tribes.
§ 152.12Removal of restrictions, Five Civilized Tribes, after application under authority other than section 2(a) of the Act of August 11, 1955.
§ 152.13Removal of restrictions, Five Civilized Tribes, after application under section 2(a) of the Act of August 11, 1955.
§ 152.14Removal of restrictions, Five Civilized Tribes, without application.
§ 152.15Judicial review of removal of restrictions, Five Civilized Tribes, without application.
§ 152.16Effect of order removing restrictions, Five Civilized Tribes.
Sales, Exchanges and Conveyances of Trust or Restricted Lands152.17 – 152.32
§ 152.17Sales, exchanges, and conveyances by, or with the consent of the individual Indian owner.
§ 152.18Sale with the consent of natural guardian or person designated by the Secretary.
§ 152.19Sale by fiduciaries.
§ 152.20Sale by Secretary of certain land in multiple ownership.
§ 152.21Sale or exchange of tribal land.
§ 152.22Secretarial approval necessary to convey individual-owned trust or restricted lands or land owned by a tribe.
§ 152.23Applications for sale, exchange or gift.
§ 152.24Appraisal.
§ 152.25Negotiated sales, gifts and exchanges of trust or restricted lands.
§ 152.26Advertisement.
§ 152.27Procedure of sale.
§ 152.28Action at close of bidding.
§ 152.29Rejection of bids; disapproval of sale.
§ 152.30Bidding by employees.
§ 152.31Cost of conveyance; payment.
§ 152.32Irrigation fee; payment.
Partitions in Kind of Inherited Allotments152.33
§ 152.33Partition.
Mortgages and Deeds of Trust To Secure Loans to Indians152.34 – 152.35
§ 152.34Approval of mortgages and deeds of trust.
§ 152.35Deferred payment sales.