25 CFR § 115.1000 - Who owns the records associated with this part?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s115.1000"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 115.1000 - Who owns the records associated with this part?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "115.1000"
section_name: "Who owns the records associated with this part?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "115"
part_name: "TRUST FUNDS FOR TRIBES AND INDIVIDUAL INDIANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "R.S. 441, as amended, R.S. 463, R.S. 465; 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 9; 43 U.S.C. 1457; 25 U.S.C. 4001; 25 U.S.C. 161(a); 25 U.S.C. 162a; 25 U.S.C. 164; Pub. L. 87-283; Pub. L. 97-100; Pub. L. 97-257; Pub. L. 103-412; Pub. L. 97-458; 44 U.S.C. 3101"
regulatory_source: "66 FR 7094, Jan. 22, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "115"
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# 115.1000 Who owns the records associated with this part?
(a) Records are the property of the United States if they:
(1) Are made or received by a tribe or tribal organization in the conduct of a federal trust function under this part, including the operation of a trust program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 450f *et seq.;* and
(2) Evidence the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities undertaken in the performance of a federal trust function under this part.
(b) Records not covered by paragraph (a) of this section that are made or received by a tribe or tribal organization in the conduct of business with the Department of the Interior under this part are the property of the tribe.