# 25 C.F.R. § 151.6 (2025): May the Secretary approve acquisition of a fractional interest?

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## Section

- **Citation:** 25 C.F.R. § 151.6 (2025)
- **Heading:** May the Secretary approve acquisition of a fractional interest?
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 25 CFR: Indians / Chapter I: BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR / Part 151: LAND ACQUISITIONS / § 151.6: § 151.6   May the Secretary approve acquisition of a fractional interest?

## Text

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:
(a) The applicant already owns a fractional interest in the same parcel of land;
(b) The interest being acquired by the applicant is in fee status;
(c) The applicant offers to purchase the remaining undivided trust or restricted interests in the parcel at not less than their fair market value;
(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
(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.

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