25 CFR § 161.500 - May permits be transferred, assigned or modified?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s161.500"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 161.500 - May permits be transferred, assigned or modified?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "161.500"
section_name: "May permits be transferred, assigned or modified?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "161"
part_name: "NAVAJO PARTITIONED LANDS GRAZING PERMITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2; 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 640d"
regulatory_source: "70 FR 58888, Oct. 7, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "161"
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# 161.500 May permits be transferred, assigned or modified?
(a) Grazing permits may be transferred, assigned, or modified only as provided in this section. Permits may only be transferred or assigned as a single permit under Navajo Nation procedures and with the approval of BIA. Permittees must reside within the same range unit as the original permittee.
(b) Permits may be transferred, assigned, or modified with the written consent of the permittee, District Grazing Committee and/or Resources Committee and approved by BIA.
(c) BIA must record each transfer, assignment, or modification that it approves under a permit.