---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 151.6"
title: "25"
number: "151.6"
heading: "May the Secretary approve acquisition of a fractional interest?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/151.6"
---

# §151.6. May the Secretary approve acquisition of a fractional interest?


Where the mandatory acquisition process provided under [25 U.S.C. 2216(c)](/usc/25/2216.md?p=c) is not applicable to a fractional interest acquisition, e.g., where the acquisition proposed is off-reservation, the following section applies to discretionary acquisitions of fractional interests. The Secretary may approve the acquisition of a fractional interest in a fractionated tract in trust status by an individual Indian or a Tribe including when:

- (a) The applicant already owns a fractional interest in the same parcel of land;
- (b) The interest being acquired by the applicant is in fee status;
- (c) The applicant offers to purchase the remaining undivided trust or restricted interests in the parcel at not less than their fair market value;
- (d) There is a specific law which grants to the applicant the right to purchase an undivided interest or interests in trust or restricted land without offering to purchase all such interests; or
- (e) The owner or owners of more than fifty percent of the remaining trust or restricted interests in the parcel consent in writing to the acquisition by the applicant.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 403a-2, 409a, 1466, 1495, 5107, 5108, 5136, 5138, 5201, 5202, 5322, 5341; Pub. L. 71-780, 46 Stat. 1471, amended by Pub. L. 72-231, 47 Stat. 474; Pub. L. 74-816, 49 Stat. 1967, amended by Sec. 10, Pub. L. 80-336, 61 Stat. 734; Secs. 3, 4, 6, Pub. L. 76-238, 53 Stat. 1129, 1130; Sec. 7, Pub. L. 79-706, 60 Stat. 969, amended by Pub. L. 91-627, 84 Stat. 1874; Pub. L. 81-226, 63 Stat. 605; Pub. L. 84-188, 69 Stat. 392, amended by Pub. L. 88-540, 78 Stat. 747, amended by Sec. 213, Pub. L. 100-581, 102 Stat. 2941, amended by Sec. 1, Pub. L. 101-301, 104 Stat. 206; Pub. L. 84-592, 70 Stat. 290, amended by Pub. L. 91-274, 84 Stat. 301; Pub. L. 84-772, 70 Stat. 626; Sec. 10, Pub. L. 87-231, 75 Stat. 505; Pub. L. 88-196, 77 Stat. 349; Pub. L. 88-418, 78 Stat. 389; Pub. L. 90-335, 82 Stat. 174, amended by Pub. L. 93-286, 88 Stat. 142; Pub. L. 90-534, 82 Stat. 884; Pub. L. 92-312, 86 Stat. 216; Pub. L. 92-377, 86 Stat. 530; Pub. L. 92-443, 86 Stat. 744; Sec. 11, Pub. L. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1716, amended by Sec. 4, Pub. L. 96-305, 94 Stat. 930, amended by Sec. 106, 98-603, 98 Stat. 3157, amended by Secs. 4(b), 8, Pub. L. 100-666, 102 Stat. 3930, 3933.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 86249, Dec. 12, 2023, unless otherwise noted.