---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 169.122"
title: "25"
number: "169.122"
heading: "Who does the grantee pay if there is a life estate on the tract?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/169.122"
---

# §169.122. Who does the grantee pay if there is a life estate on the tract?


The grantee must pay compensation directly to the life tenant under the terms of the right-of-way unless the whereabouts of the life tenant are unknown, in which case we may collect compensation on behalf of the life tenant.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 323-328; 25 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 72534, Nov. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.