{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-150.205","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 150.205","heading":"What are the minimum requirements for recording a title document?","body":"(a) A title document must include the following information to be recorded in the record of title, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section:\n(1) A legal description of the Indian land encumbered by the title document and, if available, the tract number;\n(2) The signatures of the parties to the document;\n(3) Proper traditional in-person notarization or other in-person acknowledgment of the signatures of the parties, if applicable;\n(4) Signature and citation to the authority of the approving official, if applicable; and\n(5) Approval date.\n(b) If the title document reflects a transaction that was deemed approved under a statute or regulation providing that a transaction is deemed approved after a certain period of time without Secretarial action to approve or deny, then, at a minimum, the title document must include the following items:\n(1) A legal description of the Indian land encumbered by the title document and, if required, the tract number;\n(2) The signatures of the parties to the document;\n(3) Proper acknowledgement or authentication of the signatures of the parties, if applicable; and\n(4) A citation to the statutory or regulatory authority for the transaction to be deemed approved.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER","PART 150—RECORD OF TITLE TO INDIAN LAND","Subpart C—Procedures and Requirements To Record Documents"],"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":"e0ebcd1b37768d4b12ea717bab0e960e38ec829a416fd2f5d8f1e123fc820c2b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-150.204","next":"us/25-cfr-150.206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}