---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 18.301"
title: "25"
number: "18.301"
heading: "May a tribe create and adopt a single heir rule without adopting a tribal probate code?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/18.301"
---

# §18.301. May a tribe create and adopt a single heir rule without adopting a tribal probate code?


Yes. A tribe may create and adopt a single heir rule for intestate succession. The single heir rule may specify a single recipient other than the one specified in [25 U.S.C. 2206(a)(2)(D)](/usc/25/2206.md?p=a-2-D).


## 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.