---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3216.17"
title: "43"
number: "3216.17"
heading: "Where must I file estate transfers, corporate mergers, and name changes?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3216.17"
---

# §3216.17. Where must I file estate transfers, corporate mergers, and name changes?

- (a) If you have posted a bond for any Federal lease, you must file estate transfers, corporate mergers, and name changes in the BLM State Office that maintains your bond.
- (b) If you have not posted a bond, you must file estate transfers, corporate mergers, and name changes in the State Office having jurisdiction over the lease.

## 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.