25 CFR §162.454
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- (a)Unless the lease provides otherwise, the lessee must notify all Indian landowners of the proposed sublease.
- (b)The Indian landowners must consent to a sublease of a business lease in the same percentages and manner as a new business lease under § 162.012, unless the lease:
- (1)Provides that individual Indian landowners are deemed to have consented where they do not object in writing to the sublease within a specified period of time following the landowners' receipt of the sublease and the lease meets the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section;
- (2)Authorizes one or more representatives to consent to a sublease on behalf of all Indian landowners; or
- (3)Designates us as the Indian landowners' representative for the purposes of consenting to a sublease.
- (c)If the lease provides for deemed consent under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, it must require the parties to submit to us: