[Title 25 CFR 15.3]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - April 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 25 - INDIANS]
[Chapter I - BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR]
[Subchapter C - PROBATE]
[Part 15 - PROBATE OF INDIAN ESTATES, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES]
[Subpart A - Introduction]
[Sec. 15.3 - Will the Secretary probate all the property in Indian estates?]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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Sec. 15.3  Will the Secretary probate all the property in Indian estates?

    (a) No. We will probate only the trust or restricted property in the 
estate of an Indian decedent.
    (b) We will not probate:
    (1) Real or personal property in an estate of an Indian decedent 
that is not trust or restricted property;
    (2) Restricted property derived from allotments in the estates of 
members of the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, 
Creek and Seminole) in Oklahoma; and
    (3) Restricted interests derived from allotments made to Osage 
Indians in Oklahoma (Osage Nation) and Osage headright interests.
    (c) We will probate the estate of a deceased member of the Five 
Civilized Tribes or Osage Nation who owns an interest in land derived 
from an individual Indian other than the Five Civilized Tribes or Osage 
Nation.