---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3108.10"
title: "43"
number: "3108.10"
heading: "Relinquishment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3108.10"
---

# §3108.10. Relinquishment.


The lessee(s) may relinquish the lease or any legal subdivision of the lease at any time. The lessee(s) must file a written relinquishment with the BLM State Office with jurisdiction over the lease. All lessees holding record title interests in the lease must sign the relinquishment. A relinquishment takes effect on the date the lessee filed it with the BLM. However, the lessee(s) and the party that issued the bond will continue to be obligated to:

- (a) Make payments of all accrued rentals and royalties, including payments of compensatory royalty due for all drainage that occurred before the relinquishment;
- (b) Place all wells to be relinquished in condition for suspension or abandonment as the BLM requires; and
- (c) Complete reclamation of the leased sites after stopping or abandoning oil and gas operations on the lease, under a plan approved by the BLM or the appropriate surface management agency.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189, 306, 359, and 1751; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and 42 U.S.C. 15801.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 30966, Apr. 23, 2024, unless otherwise noted.