---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 30.261"
title: "43"
number: "30.261"
heading: "How does a tribe exercise its statutory option to purchase?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/30.261"
---

# §30.261. How does a tribe exercise its statutory option to purchase?

- (a) To exercise its option to purchase, the tribe must file with the agency:
  - (1) A written notice of purchase; and
  - (2) A certification that the tribe has mailed copies of the notice on the same date to the judge and to the affected heirs or devisees.
- (b) A tribe may purchase all or part of the available interests specified in the probate decision. A tribe may not, however, claim an interest less than decedent's total interest in any one individual tract.

## Notes

### 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.