25 CFR § 15.501 - How may I find out the status of a probate?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s15.501"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 15.501 - How may I find out the status of a probate?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "15.501"
section_name: "How may I find out the status of a probate?"
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "15"
---


# 15.501 How may I find out the status of a probate?

You may get information about the status of an Indian probate by contacting any BIA agency or regional office, an OST fiduciary trust officer, OHA, or the Trust Beneficiary Call Center in OST.