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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior |
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Subtitle A - Office of the Secretary of the Interior |
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Part 4 - Department Hearings and Appeals Procedures |
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Subpart D - Rules Applicable in Indian Affairs Hearings and Appeals |
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Determination of Heirs; Approval of Wills; Settlement of Indian Trust Estates |
§ 4.206 - Determinations of nationality or citizenship and status affecting character of land titles.
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In cases where the right and duty of the Government to hold property in trust depends thereon, administrative law judges shall determine the nationality or citizenship, or the Indian or non-Indian status, of heirs or devisees, or whether Indian heirs or devisees of U.S. citizenship are of a class as to whose property the Government's supervision and trusteeship have been terminated (a) in current probate proceedings or (b) in completed estates after reopening such estates under, but without regard to the 3-year limit set forth in § 4.242.