25 CFR § 81.52 - Who may initiate a petition?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s81.52"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 81.52 - Who may initiate a petition?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "81.52"
section_name: "Who may initiate a petition?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT"
part_number: "81"
part_name: "SECRETARIAL ELECTION PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: ": 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "81"
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# 81.52 Who may initiate a petition?

A member of the tribe who is 18 years of age or older whose tribe's governing document or charter of incorporation permits tribal members to petition the Secretary to authorize a Secretarial election.