25 U.S.C. § 403 — Leases of lands held in trust

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An Indian who holds land under a trust patent can lease it out. The lease can last up to five years and must follow rules set by the Secretary of the Interior. Lease money goes to the allottee or their heirs, or is spent for their benefit, as the Secretary decides.

Any Indian allotment held under a trust patent may be leased by the allottee — the person who holds it — for up to five years. The lease must follow rules and regulations the Secretary of the Interior sets. The money from the lease goes to the allottee, or to the allottee's heirs if the allottee has died. Instead of paying it directly, the Secretary of the Interior can choose to spend that money for the benefit of the allottee or the heirs.

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Any Indian allotment held under a trust patent may be leased by the allottee for a period not to exceed five years, subject to and in conformity with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and the proceeds of any such lease shall be paid to the allottee or his heirs, or expended for his or their benefit, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.

Source credit: (June 25, 1910, ch. 431, § 4, 36 Stat. 856.)

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1910Enacted · Act of June 25, 1910, ch. 431 · 36 Stat. 856

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 431 on 1910-06-25.

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