{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-162.596","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 162.596","heading":"What will BIA do if a lessee remains in possession after a WSR lease expires or is terminated or cancelled?","body":"If a lessee remains in possession after the expiration, termination, or cancellation of a WSR 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 E—Wind and Solar Resource 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":"57078457d9ccc5f79140962c85c8b5a8a133ae7c68e41b78f27b2200ab6cb124","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-162.595","next":"us/25-cfr-162.597"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}