---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 162.453"
title: "25"
number: "162.453"
heading: "May a lessee sublease a business lease?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/162.453"
---

# §162.453. May a lessee sublease a business lease?

- (a) A lessee may sublease a business lease by meeting the consent requirements in [§ 162.454](/cfr/25/162.454.md) and obtaining our approval of the sublease under §§ [162.455](/cfr/25/162.455.md) and [162.456](/cfr/25/162.456.md), or by meeting the conditions in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) Where the sublease is part of a commercial development or residential development, the lessee may sublease without meeting consent requirements or obtaining BIA approval of the sublease, if:
  - (1) The lease provides for subleasing without meeting consent requirements or obtaining BIA approval;
  - (2) The sublease does not relieve the lessee/sublessor of any liability; and
  - (3) **The parties provide BIA with a copy of the sublease within 30 days after it is executed.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 77 FR 72474, 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.