25 CFR 152.6 : Indians (§ 1.1 To Parts 1201-1299) — (§ 1.1 To Appendix To Chapter I) — Bureau Of Indian Affairs, Department Of The Interior (§ 1.1 To Appendix To Chapter I) — Land And Water (§ 150.1 To § 183.18) — Issuance Of Patents In Fee, Certificates Of Competency, Removal Of Restrictions, And Sale Of Certain Indian Lands (§ 152.1 To § 152.35) — Issuing Patents In Fee, Certificates Of Competency Or Orders Removing Restrictions (§ 152.3 To § 152.16) — Issuance of patents in fee to non-Indians and Indians with whom a special relationship does not exist.

4 Aug 2016

Whenever the Secretary determines that trust land, or any interest therein, has been acquired through inheritance or devise by a non-Indian, or by a person of Indian descent to whom the United States owes no trust responsibility, the Secretary may issue a patent in fee for the land or interest therein to such person without application.

25 CFR 152.6