---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3215.13"
title: "43"
number: "3215.13"
heading: "Will BLM terminate or release my bond?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3215.13"
---

# §3215.13. Will BLM terminate or release my bond?

- (a) **BLM does not cancel or terminate bonds.** We may inform you that your existing bond is insufficient.
- (b) The bond provider may terminate your bond provided it gives you and BLM 30-days notice. The bond provider remains responsible for obligations that accrued during the period of liability while the bond was in effect.
- (c) BLM will release a bond, terminating all liability under that bond, if:
  - (1) The new bond that you file covers all existing liabilities and we accept it; or
  - (2) After a reasonable period of time, we determine that you paid all royalties, rents, penalties, and assessments, and satisfied all permit and lease obligations.
- (d) If an adequate bond is not in place, do not conduct any operations until you provide a new bond that meets our requirements.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1001-1028; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and Pub. L. 109-58.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 24400, May 2, 2007, unless otherwise noted.