---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 556.705"
title: "30"
number: "556.705"
heading: "How do I transfer the interest of a deceased natural person who was a lessee?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/556.705"
---

# §556.705. How do I transfer the interest of a deceased natural person who was a lessee?

- (a) An heir or devisee must submit evidence by means of a certified copy of an appropriate court order or decree that the person is deceased; or, if no court action is necessary, a certified copy of the will and death certificate or notarized affidavits of two disinterested parties with knowledge of the facts.
- (b) The heir or devisee, if the lawful successor in interest, must submit evidence that he/she is the person named in the will or evidence from an appropriate judgment of a court or decree that he/she is the lawful successor in interest, along with the required evidence of his/her qualifications to hold a lease under subpart D of this part.
- (c) If the heir or devisee does not qualify to hold a lease under subpart D of this part, he/she will be recognized as the successor in interest, but he/she must divest him/herself of this interest in the lease, to a person qualified to be a hold a lease, within two years.

## 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.