---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2883.12"
title: "43"
number: "2883.12"
heading: "How do I prove I am qualified to hold a grant or TUP?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2883.12"
---

# §2883.12. How do I prove I am qualified to hold a grant or TUP?

- (a) If you are a private individual, BLM requires no proof of citizenship with your application;
- (b) If you are a partnership, corporation, association, or other business entity, submit the following information, as applicable, in your application:
  - (1) Copies of the formal documents creating the business entity, such as articles of incorporation, and including the corporate bylaws;
  - (2) Evidence that the party signing the application has the authority to bind the applicant;
  - (3) The name, address, and citizenship of each participant (e.g., partner, associate, or other) in the business entity;
  - (4) The name, address, and citizenship of each shareholder owning 3 percent or more of each class of shares, and the number and percentage of any class of voting shares of the business entity which such shareholder is authorized to vote;
  - (5) The name and address of each affiliate of the business entity;
  - (6) The number of shares and the percentage of any class of voting stock owned by the business entity, directly or indirectly, in any affiliate controlled by the business entity; and
  - (7) The number of shares and the percentage of any class of voting stock owned by an affiliate, directly or indirectly, in the business entity controlled by the affiliate.
- (c) If you have already supplied this information to BLM and the information remains accurate, you only need to reference the existing or previous BLM serial number under which it is filed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185 and 189, and 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, and 1740.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 21078, Apr. 22, 2005, unless otherwise noted.