25 CFR § 169.122 - Who does the grantee pay if there is a life estate on the tract?

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title: "25 CFR § 169.122 - Who does the grantee pay if there is a life estate on the tract?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "169.122"
section_name: "Who does the grantee pay if there is a life estate on the tract?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "169"
part_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY OVER INDIAN LAND"
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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. 323-328; 25 U.S.C. 2201"
regulatory_source: "80 FR 72534, Nov. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 169.122 Who does the grantee pay if there is a life estate on the tract?

The grantee must pay compensation directly to the life tenant under the terms of the right-of-way unless the whereabouts of the life tenant are unknown, in which case we may collect compensation on behalf of the life tenant.