{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-162.371","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 162.371","heading":"What will BIA do if a lessee remains in possession after a residential lease expires or is terminated or cancelled?","body":"If a lessee remains in possession after the expiration, termination, or cancellation of a residential lease, we may treat the unauthorized possession as a trespass under applicable law in consultation with the Indian landowners. Unless the Indian landowners of the applicable percentage of interests under § 162.012 have notified us in writing that they are engaged in good faith negotiations with the holdover lessee to obtain a new lease, we may take action to recover possession on behalf of the Indian landowners, and pursue any additional remedies available under applicable law, such as a forcible entry and detainer action.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER","PART 162—LEASES AND PERMITS","Subpart C—Residential Leases"],"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":"6f0708edb22af938ff39c07450ed545b34bc10136c658094bb1ffc3763ea9f51","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-162.370","next":"us/25-cfr-162.372"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}