---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 150.205"
title: "25"
number: "150.205"
heading: "What are the minimum requirements for recording a title document?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/150.205"
---

# §150.205. What are the minimum requirements for recording a title document?

- (a) A title document must include the following information to be recorded in the record of title, except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section:
  - (1) A legal description of the Indian land encumbered by the title document and, if available, the tract number;
  - (2) The signatures of the parties to the document;
  - (3) Proper traditional in-person notarization or other in-person acknowledgment of the signatures of the parties, if applicable;
  - (4) Signature and citation to the authority of the approving official, if applicable; and
  - (5) **Approval date.**
- (b) If the title document reflects a transaction that was deemed approved under a statute or regulation providing that a transaction is deemed approved after a certain period of time without Secretarial action to approve or deny, then, at a minimum, the title document must include the following items:
  - (1) A legal description of the Indian land encumbered by the title document and, if required, the tract number;
  - (2) The signatures of the parties to the document;
  - (3) Proper acknowledgement or authentication of the signatures of the parties, if applicable; and
  - (4) **A citation to the statutory or regulatory authority for the transaction to be deemed approved.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 552a; 25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 5; 25 U.S.C. 7; 25 U.S.C. 9; 25 U.S.C. 14b; 25 U.S.C. 25; 25 U.S.C. 199; 25 U.S.C. 343; 25 U.S.C. 355; 25 U.S.C. 413; 25 U.S.C. 2201 et. seq. ; 44 U.S.C. 2901 et. seq. ; 44 U.S.C. 3101 et. seq .; and 44 U.S.C. 3301 et. seq.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 45641, Aug. 16, 2021, unless otherwise noted.