---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 141.6"
title: "25"
number: "141.6"
heading: "Approval or denial of license application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/141.6"
---

# §141.6. Approval or denial of license application.

- (a) The Commissioner shall approve or deny each license application and notify the applicant no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of a completed application.
- (b) No application is complete until any clearance or tribal council approval required by tribal or Federal regulations has been obtained.
- (c) The Commissioner may not deny a license to an applicant for the purpose of limiting competition.
- (d) If the application is approved the license shall be issued on a form provided by the Commissioner.
- (e) If the Commissioner denies the license application the applicant may appeal under the provisions of [part 2 of this title](/cfr/25/part2.md) no later than thirty (30) days after the date on which notice of denial of the application was sent.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 39835, Aug. 29, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982.