25 CFR § 171.550 - Can I arrange a Payment Plan if I cannot pay the full amount due?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s171.550"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 171.550 - Can I arrange a Payment Plan if I cannot pay the full amount due?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "171.550"
section_name: "Can I arrange a Payment Plan if I cannot pay the full amount due?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "171"
part_name: "IRRIGATION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 9; 25 U.S.C. 13; 25 U.S.C. 381; Act of April 4, 1910, 36 Stat. 270, as amended (codified at 25 U.S.C. 385); 25 U.S.C. 386a; Act of June 22, 1936, 49 Stat. 1803 (codified at 25 U.S.C. 389 )."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 11036, Feb. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "171"
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# 171.550 Can I arrange a Payment Plan if I cannot pay the full amount due?

We may approve a Payment Plan if:

(a) You are a landowner and your land is not leased;

(b) You certify that you are financially unable to make a lump sum payment;

(c) You provide additional information we request, which may include information identified in 31 CFR 901.8, “Collection in installments”; and

(d) You sign our Payment Plan containing terms and conditions we specify.