{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-2.508","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 2.508","heading":"May the AS-IA take jurisdiction over an appeal to the IBIA?","body":"Yes. The AS-IA has 40 days from the date on which the IBIA received your Notice of Appeal to take jurisdiction from the IBIA. The AS-IA will notify the IBIA in writing of the assumption of jurisdiction and request the administrative record of the appeal. At any time in the 40 days, the AS-IA may notify the IBIA that she or he is not going to take jurisdiction over an appeal, at which point the IBIA will assign a docket number to the appeal under its regulations in 43 CFR part 4. If the IBIA does not receive written notice from the AS-IA within the 40-day period of the AS-IA's intent to take jurisdiction over the appeal, the IBIA will assign a docket number to your appeal.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER A—PROCEDURES AND PRACTICE","PART 2—APPEALS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS","Subpart E—Deciding Appeals"],"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":"d147ee6e37fbda329cc457e893e7de450b364553945a4696729ee24f8f1081f7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-2.507","next":"us/25-cfr-2.509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}