25 CFR § 226.8 - Corporation and corporate information.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s226.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 226.8 - Corporation and corporate information."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "226.8"
section_name: "Corporation and corporate information."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY AND MINERALS"
part_number: "226"
part_name: "LEASING OF OSAGE RESERVATION LANDS FOR OIL AND GAS MINING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 543; secs. 1, 2, 45 Stat. 1478; sec. 3, 52 Stat. 1034, 1035; sec. 2(a), 92 Stat. 1660; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 39573, June 17, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "226"
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# 226.8 Corporation and corporate information.

(a) If the applicant for a lease is a corporation, it shall file evidence of authority of its officers to execute papers; and with its first application it shall also file a certified copy of its Articles of Incorporation and, if foreign to the State of Oklahoma, evidence showing compliance with the corporation laws thereof.

(b) Whenever deemed advisable the Superintendent may require a corporation to file any additional information necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of the regulations in this part, and such information shall be furnished within a reasonable time.