---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 62.4"
title: "25"
number: "62.4"
heading: "Who may appeal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/62.4"
---

# §62.4. Who may appeal.

- (a) A person who is the subject of an adverse enrollment action may file or have filed on his/her behalf an appeal. An adverse enrollment action is:
  - (1) The rejection of an application for enrollment by a Bureau official incident to the preparation of a roll for Secretarial approval;
  - (2) The removal of a name from a tribal roll by a Bureau official incident to review of the roll for Secretarial approval;
  - (3) The rejection of an application for enrollment or the disenrollment of a tribal member by a tribal committee when the tribal governing document provides for an appeal of the action to the Secretary;
  - (4) The change in degree of Indian blood by a tribal committee which affects a tribal member when the tribal governing document provides for an appeal of the action to the Secretary;
  - (5) The change in degree of Indian blood by a Bureau official which affects an individual; and
  - (6) **The certification of degree of Indian blood by a Bureau official which affects an individual.**
- (b) A tribal committee may file an appeal as provided for in [§ 61.11](/cfr/25/61.11.md) of this chapter.
- (c) A sponsor may file an appeal on behalf of another person who is subject to an adverse enrollment action.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 30160, Aug. 13, 1987, unless otherwise noted.