---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 162.026"
title: "25"
number: "162.026"
heading: "Who can answer questions about leasing?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/162.026"
---

# §162.026. Who can answer questions about leasing?


An Indian landowner or prospective lessee may contact the local BIA realty office (or of any tribe acting on behalf of BIA under [§ 162.018](/cfr/25/162.018.md)) with jurisdiction over the land for answers to questions about the leasing process.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 77 FR 72467, Dec. 5, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, R.S. 463 and 465; 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9. Interpret or apply sec. 3, 26 Stat. 795, sec. 1, 28 Stat. 305, secs. 1, 2, 31 Stat. 229, 246, secs. 7, 12, 34 Stat. 545, 34 Stat. 1015, 1034, 35 Stat. 70, 95, 97, sec. 4, 36 Stat. 856, sec. 1, 39 Stat. 128, 41 Stat. 415, as amended, 751, 1232, sec. 17, 43 Stat. 636, 641, 44 Stat. 658, as amended, 894, 1365, as amended, 47 Stat. 1417, sec. 17, 48 Stat. 984, 988, 49 Stat. 115, 1135, sec. 55, 49 Stat. 781, sec. 3, 49 Stat. 1967, 54 Stat. 745, 1057, 60 Stat. 308, secs. 1, 2, 60 Stat. 962, sec. 5, 64 Stat. 46, secs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 64 Stat. 470, 69 Stat. 539, 540, 72 Stat. 968, 107 Stat. 2011, 108 Stat. 4572, March 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 4016; 25 U.S.C. 380, 393, 393a, 394, 395, 397, 402, 402a, 403, 403a, 403b, 403c, 409a, 413, 415, 415a, 415b, 415c, 415d, 416, 477, 635, 2201 et seq., 3701, 3702, 3703, 3712, 3713, 3714, 3715, 3731, 3733, 4211; 44 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 7109, Jan. 22, 2001, unless otherwise noted.