---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3475.3"
title: "43"
number: "3475.3"
heading: "Dating of leases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3475.3"
---

# §3475.3. Dating of leases.

- (a) Leases will be dated and made effective the first day of the month following the date signed by the authorized officer. However, upon receipt of a prior written request, the authorized officer may date a lease to be effective on the first day of the month in which it is signed.
- (b) Future interest leases shall become effective on the date of vesting of title to the minerals in the United States as stated in the lease.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979. Redesignated at 47 FR 33151, July 30, 1982]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 189 and 359; and 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979. Redesignated at 47 FR 33151, July 30, 1982]