---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 30.129"
title: "43"
number: "30.129"
heading: "May a judge reopen a probate case to correct errors and omissions?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/30.129"
---

# §30.129. May a judge reopen a probate case to correct errors and omissions?

- (a) On the written request of an interested party, or on the basis of the judge's own order, at any time, a judge has the authority to reopen a probate case to:
  - (1) Determine the correct identity of the original allottee, or any heir or devisee;
  - (2) Determine whether different persons received the same allotment;
  - (3) Decide whether trust patents covering allotments of land were issued incorrectly or to a non-existent person; or
  - (4) Determine whether more than one allotment of land had been issued to the same person under different names and numbers or through other errors in identification.
- (b) The judge will notify interested parties if a probate case is reopened and will conduct appropriate proceedings under this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008. Redesignated at 86 FR 72084, Dec. 20, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008. Redesignated at 86 FR 72084, Dec. 20, 2021]