---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 556.400"
title: "30"
number: "556.400"
heading: "When must I demonstrate that I am qualified to hold a lease on the OCS?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/556.400"
---

# §556.400. When must I demonstrate that I am qualified to hold a lease on the OCS?


In order to bid on, own, hold, or operate a lease on the OCS, bidders, record title holders, and operating rights owners must first obtain a qualification number from BOEM.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 6213; 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 18152, Mar. 30, 2016, unless otherwise noted.