---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 81.53"
title: "25"
number: "81.53"
heading: "Who may sign a petition?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/81.53"
---

# §81.53. Who may sign a petition?


A member of the tribe who is 18 years of age or older may sign a petition. Where the tribe's governing document imposes additional requirements (other than age requirements) on who may petition, those requirements also apply.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: : 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.