---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 18.207"
title: "25"
number: "18.207"
heading: "When do amendments to a tribal probate code become effective?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/18.207"
---

# §18.207. When do amendments to a tribal probate code become effective?

- (a) An amendment may not become effective sooner than 180 days after the date of approval by the Department.
- (b) If an amendment is deemed approved through inaction by the Department, then the amendment will become effective 180 days after it is deemed approved.
- (c) The amendment will apply only to the estate of a decedent who dies on or after the effective date of the amendment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 44 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.; 25 CFR part 15; 43 CFR part 4.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67283, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.