{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-2621.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 2621.3","heading":"Certifications; mineral leases and permits.","body":"(a) Certifications will be issued for all selections approved under the law by the authorized officer of the Bureau of Land Management.\n(b) Where all the lands subject to a mineral lease or permit are certified to a State, or if, where the State has previously acquired title to a portion of the lands subject to a mineral lease or permit, the remaining lands in the lease or permit are certified to the State, the State shall succeed to the position of the United States thereunder. Where a portion of the lands subject to any mineral lease or permit are certified to a State, the United States shall retain for the duration of the lease or permit the mineral or minerals for which the lease or permit was issued.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000) Group 2000—Land Resource Management; General","PART 2620—STATE GRANTS","Subpart 2621—Indemnity Selections"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"993e171acb8b0a46b7bfbeb1fd02eba006038bcabf226fd42130f80c3efcec31","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-2621.2","next":"us/43-cfr-2621.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}