---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 30.181"
title: "43"
number: "30.181"
heading: "When may I renounce a devised or inherited interest?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/30.181"
---

# §30.181. When may I renounce a devised or inherited interest?

- (a) If the judge has not yet issued a decision, you may renounce a devised or inherited interest at any time before the issuance of the decision.
- (b) If the judge has issued a decision, you may renounce a devised or inherited interest in any property distributed by the decision:
  - (1) Within 30 days from the mailing date of the decision; or
  - (2) Within 30 days of the order on review, in a summary probate proceeding in which a request for review has been filed; or
  - (3) Before the entry of an order on rehearing, in a formal probate proceeding in which a petition for rehearing is pending.
- (c) You may renounce a devised or inherited interest that is added to the decedent's estate after the decision is issued pursuant to [§ 30.251](/cfr/43/30.251.md) within 30 days of mailing the distribution order.
- (d) Once the order on rehearing is issued, you may not renounce a devised or inherited interest that was distributed by the decision.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 72084, Dec. 20, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.