---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 1243.7"
title: "30"
number: "1243.7"
heading: "What must a person do when posting a bond or other surety instrument or demonstrating financial solvency on behalf of an appellant?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/1243.7"
---

# §1243.7. What must a person do when posting a bond or other surety instrument or demonstrating financial solvency on behalf of an appellant?


If you assume an appellant's responsibility to post a bond or other surety instrument or demonstrate financial solvency under [§ 1243.5](/cfr/30/1243.5.md), you:

- (a) Must notify ONRR in writing at the address specified in [§ 1243.200(a)](/cfr/30/1243.200.md?p=a) that you are assuming the appellant's responsibility under this part;
- (b) May not assert that you are not otherwise liable for royalties or other payments under [30 U.S.C. 1712(a)](/usc/30/1712.md?p=a), or any other theory, as a defense if ONRR calls your bond or requires you to pay based on your demonstration of financial solvency; and
- (c) May end your voluntarily-assumed responsibility for posting a bond or other surety instrument only after the appellant under this part either:
  - (1) Pays or posts a bond or other surety instrument; or
  - (2) **Demonstrates financial solvency.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 et seq.; 25 U.S.C. 396 et seq., 396a et seq., 2101 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq., 351 et seq., 1001 et seq., 1701 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq., 1331 et seq., and 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 26254, May 13, 1999, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61087, Oct. 4, 2010.