---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3504.71"
title: "43"
number: "3504.71"
heading: "When will BLM release my bond?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3504.71"
---

# §3504.71. When will BLM release my bond?

- (a) BLM will release your bond when we have determined, after the passage of a reasonable period of time, that you have done the following:
  - (1) Paid all royalties, rentals, penalties, and assessments;
  - (2) Satisfied all permit or lease obligations;
  - (3) Reclaimed the site; and
  - (4) Taken effective measures to ensure that the mineral prospecting or development activities will not adversely affect surface or subsurface resources.
- (b) If you assign your lease or permit, BLM will release your bond after we determine that you met the requirements of paragraphs [(a)(1)](#a-1) and [(a)(2)](#a-2) of this section. Also, your assignee must provide an acceptable bond or other surety.

## 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.