{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-151.6","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 151.6","heading":"May the Secretary approve acquisition of a fractional interest?","body":"Where the mandatory acquisition process provided under 25 U.S.C. 2216(c) is not applicable to a fractional interest acquisition, e.g., where the acquisition proposed is off-reservation, the following section applies to discretionary acquisitions of fractional interests. The Secretary may approve the acquisition of a fractional interest in a fractionated tract in trust status by an individual Indian or a Tribe including when:\n(a) The applicant already owns a fractional interest in the same parcel of land;\n(b) The interest being acquired by the applicant is in fee status;\n(c) The applicant offers to purchase the remaining undivided trust or restricted interests in the parcel at not less than their fair market value;\n(d) There is a specific law which grants to the applicant the right to purchase an undivided interest or interests in trust or restricted land without offering to purchase all such interests; or\n(e) The owner or owners of more than fifty percent of the remaining trust or restricted interests in the parcel consent in writing to the acquisition by the applicant.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER","PART 151—LAND ACQUISITIONS"],"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":"ec145266c5b95853442a8ef9c12c97c04b04874b257b0165ee49c4f20027fa2d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-151.5","next":"us/25-cfr-151.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}