{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-115.904","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 115.904","heading":"Where earnest money is paid prior to Secretarial approval of a conveyance or contract instrument involving trust assets, may the BIA deposit that earnest money into a special deposit account?","body":"No, any money received prior to Secretarial approval of conveyance or contract instrument involving trust assets must be deposited into a non-interest bearing, non-trust account. After the Secretary approves the conveyance or contract instrument involving trust assets, the money designated by the conveyance or contract instrument will be deposited into a trust fund account.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER G—FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES","PART 115—TRUST FUNDS FOR TRIBES AND INDIVIDUAL INDIANS","Subpart H—Special Deposit Accounts"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"726fe3392ab9c0ae7edc20765f61f515e6f782c1c48af5e6e67d41d7bdbce664","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-115.903","next":"us/25-cfr-115.1000"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}