25 CFR § 18.110 - When will a tribal probate code become effective?

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title: "25 CFR § 18.110 - When will a tribal probate code become effective?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "18.110"
section_name: "When will a tribal probate code become effective?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "PROBATE"
part_number: "18"
part_name: "TRIBAL PROBATE CODES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 372-74, 410, 2201  44 U.S.C. 3101  25 CFR part 15; 43 CFR part 4."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 67283, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 18.110 When will a tribal probate code become effective?

(a) A tribal probate code may not become effective sooner than 180 days after the date of approval by the Department.

(b) If a tribal probate code is deemed approved through inaction by the Department, then the code will become effective 180 days after it is deemed approved.

(c) The tribal probate code will apply only to the estate of a decedent who dies on or after the effective date of the tribal probate code.