---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 415a"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "415a"
heading: "Lease of lands of deceased Indians for benefit of heirs or devisees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/415a"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands"
---

# §415a. Lease of lands of deceased Indians for benefit of heirs or devisees


Restricted lands of deceased Indians may be leased under sections [415](/usc/25/415.md) to [415d](/usc/25/415d.md) of this title, for the benefit of their heirs or devisees, in the circumstances and by the persons prescribed in [section 380 of this title](/usc/25/380.md): Provided, That if the authority of the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) under this section is delegated to any subordinate official, then any heir or devisee shall have the right to appeal the action of any such official to the [Secretary](/usc/25/5130.md?p=1) under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.


## Source credit

(Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 615, § 2, 69 Stat. 539.)