---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 179.3"
title: "25"
number: "179.3"
heading: "What law applies to life estates?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/179.3"
---

# §179.3. What law applies to life estates?

- (a) AIPRA applies to life estates created by operation of law under AIPRA for an individual who died on or after June 20, 2006, owning trust or restricted property.
- (b) In the absence of Federal law or federally approved tribal law to the contrary, State law applies to all other life estates.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 86 Stat. 530; 86 Stat. 744; 94 Stat. 537; 96 Stat. 2515; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 372, 373, 487, 607, and 2201 et seq.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67286, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.