---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3927.40"
title: "43"
number: "3927.40"
heading: "Effective date of leases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3927.40"
---

# §3927.40. Effective date of leases.


Leases are dated and effective the first day of the month following the date the BLM signs it. However, upon receiving a prior written request, the BLM may make the effective date of the lease the first day of the month in which the BLM signs it.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 241(a), 42 U.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b) and 1740.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 69477, Nov. 18, 2008, unless otherwise noted.