---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 5140"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "5140"
heading: "Mortgaged property governed by State law"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/5140"
units:
  - "Chapter 45 — Protection of Indians and Conservation of Resources"
---

# §5140. Mortgaged property governed by State law


Trust or restricted tribal or tribal corporation property mortgaged pursuant to sections [5136](/usc/25/5136.md) to [5143](/usc/25/5143.md) of this title shall be subject to foreclosure and sale or conveyance in lieu of foreclosure, free of such trust or restrictions, in accordance with the laws of the State in which the property is located.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–229, § 4, Apr. 11, 1970, 84 Stat. 120.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 491 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.