25 CFR § 18.301 - May a tribe create and adopt a single heir rule without adopting a tribal probate code?

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title: "25 CFR § 18.301 - May a tribe create and adopt a single heir rule without adopting a tribal probate code?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "18.301"
section_name: "May a tribe create and adopt a single heir rule without adopting a tribal probate code?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "PROBATE"
part_number: "18"
part_name: "TRIBAL PROBATE CODES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 18.301 May a tribe create and adopt a single heir rule without adopting a tribal probate code?

Yes. A tribe may create and adopt a single heir rule for intestate succession. The single heir rule may specify a single recipient other than the one specified in 25 U.S.C. 2206(a)(2)(D).