---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3502.41"
title: "43"
number: "3502.41"
heading: "What happens to a permit or lease if the permittee or lessee dies?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3502.41"
---

# §3502.41. What happens to a permit or lease if the permittee or lessee dies?


If the permittee or lessee dies, BLM will recognize as the record title holder of the permit or lease:

- (a) The executor or administrator of the estate, if probate is required but has not been completed and they have filed the evidence required by [§ 3502.40(b)](/cfr/43/3502.40.md?p=b) of this part; or
- (b) The heirs or devisees, if probate has been completed or is not required, if they have filed evidence required by [§ 3502.40(a)](/cfr/43/3502.40.md?p=a) of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189, 192c, and 209; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and sec. 402, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. appendix).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.