---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1495"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1495"
heading: "Land and personal property titles"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1495"
units:
  - "Chapter 17 — Financing Economic Development of Indians and Indian Organizations"
  - "Subchapter II — Loan Guaranty and Insurance"
---

# §1495. Land and personal property titles


Title to any land purchased by a [tribe](/usc/25/1452.md?p=c) or by an individual [Indian](/usc/25/1452.md?p=b) with loans guaranteed or insured pursuant to this subchapter may be taken in trust, unless the land is located outside the boundaries of a [reservation](/usc/25/1452.md?p=d) or a tribal consolidation area approved by the [Secretary](/usc/25/1452.md?p=a). Title to any land purchased by a [tribe](/usc/25/1452.md?p=c) or an individual [Indian](/usc/25/1452.md?p=b) which is outside the boundaries of the [reservation](/usc/25/1452.md?p=d) or approved consolidation area may be taken in trust if the purchaser was the owner of trust or restricted interests in the land before the purchase, otherwise title shall be taken in the name of the purchaser without any restriction on alienation, control, or use. Title to any personal property purchased with loans guaranteed or insured hereunder shall be taken in the name of the purchaser.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–262, title II, § 215, Apr. 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 81.)