25 CFR §162.209
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- (a)We may grant an agricultural lease on behalf of:
- (1)Individuals who are found to be non compos mentis by a court of competent jurisdiction;
- (2)Orphaned minors;
- (3)The undetermined heirs and devisees of deceased Indian owners;
- (4)Individuals who have given us a written power of attorney to lease their land; and
- (5)Individuals whose whereabouts are unknown to us, after reasonable attempts are made to locate such individuals; and
- (6)The individual Indian landowners of fractionated Indian land, when necessary to protect the interests of the individual Indian landowners.
- (b)We may grant an agricultural lease on behalf of all of the individual Indian owners of a fractionated tract, where:
- (1)We have provided the Indian landowners with written notice of our intent to grant a lease on their behalf, but the Indian landowners are unable to agree upon a lease during a three-month negotiation period immediately following such notice, or any other notice period established by a tribe under § 162.203(c) of this subpart; and
- (2)The land is not being used by an Indian landowner under § 162.104(b) of this part.