25 CFR § 179.5 - What documents will BIA use to record termination of a life estate?

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title: "25 CFR § 179.5 - What documents will BIA use to record termination of a life estate?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "179.5"
section_name: "What documents will BIA use to record termination of a life estate?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "179"
part_name: "LIFE ESTATES AND FUTURE INTERESTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "86 Stat. 530; 86 Stat. 744; 94 Stat. 537; 96 Stat. 2515; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 372, 373, 487, 607, and 2201"
regulatory_source: "73 FR 67286, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 179.5 What documents will BIA use to record termination of a life estate?

The Agency will file a copy of the relinquishment of the interest or death certificate with the BIA Land Title and Records Office for recording upon receipt of one of the following:

(a) The life estate holder's relinquishment of an interest in trust or restricted property; or

(b) Notice of death of a person who is the measuring life for the life estate in trust or restricted property.