25 CFR § 15.204 - When is a probate file complete?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s15.204"
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title: "25 CFR § 15.204 - When is a probate file complete?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "15.204"
section_name: "When is a probate file complete?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "PROBATE"
part_number: "15"
part_name: "PROBATE OF INDIAN ESTATES, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE OSAGE NATION AND THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 372-74, 410, 2201  44 U.S.C. 3101"
regulatory_source: "73 FR 67278, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 15.204 When is a probate file complete?

A probate file is complete for transfer to OHA when a BIA approving official includes a certification that:

(a) States that the probate file includes all information listed in § 15.202 that is available; and

(b) Lists all sources of information BIA queried in an attempt to locate information listed in § 15.202 that is not available.