---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3502.42"
title: "43"
number: "3502.42"
heading: "What happens if the heir is not qualified?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3502.42"
---

# §3502.42. What happens if the heir is not qualified?


We will allow unqualified heirs to hold ownership in a lease or permit for up to two years. During that period, the heir must either become qualified or divest himself or herself of the interest.


## 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.