---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 161.500"
title: "25"
number: "161.500"
heading: "May permits be transferred, assigned or modified?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/161.500"
---

# §161.500. May permits be transferred, assigned or modified?

- (a) Grazing permits may be transferred, assigned, or modified only as provided in this section. Permits may only be transferred or assigned as a single permit under Navajo Nation procedures and with the approval of BIA. Permittees must reside within the same range unit as the original permittee.
- (b) Permits may be transferred, assigned, or modified with the written consent of the permittee, District Grazing Committee and/or Resources Committee and approved by BIA.
- (c) BIA must record each transfer, assignment, or modification that it approves under a permit.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2; 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 640d et seq.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 58888, Oct. 7, 2005, unless otherwise noted.