---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 15.502"
title: "25"
number: "15.502"
heading: "Who owns the records associated with this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/15.502"
---

# §15.502. Who owns the records associated with this part?

- (a) **The United States owns the records associated with this part if—**
  - (1) They are evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities undertaken in the performance of a federal trust function under this part; and
  - (2) **They are either—**
    - (i) Made by or on behalf of the United States; or
    - (ii) Made or received by a tribe or tribal organization in the conduct of a Federal trust function under this part, including the operation of a trust program under Pub. L. 93-638, as amended, and as codified at [25 U.S.C. 450](/usc/25/450.md) et seq.
- (b) **The tribe owns the records associated with this part if they—**
  - (1) Are not covered by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section; and
  - (2) Are made or received by a tribe or tribal organization in the conduct of business with the Department of the Interior under this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 44 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67278, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.