---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 18.306"
title: "25"
number: "18.306"
heading: "When does the single heir rule become effective?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/18.306"
---

# §18.306. When does the single heir rule become effective?

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

## 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.