[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 25CFR150.7]

[Page 392]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 150_LAND RECORDS AND TITLE DOCUMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 150.7  Curative action to correct title defects.

    Land Titles and Records Office shall initiate such action as 
described below to cure defects in the record discovered during the 
recording of title documents or examination of titles.
    (a) If an error is traced to a defective title document other than 
probate rec ords, the Land Titles and Records Office shall notify the 
originating office of the defect.
    (b) If errors are discovered in probate records, the Land Titles and 
Rec ords Office may initiate corrective action as follows:
    (1) An administrative modification shall be issued to modify probate 
rec ords to include any Indian land omitted from the inventory if such 
property is located in the same state and takes the same line of descent 
as that shown in the original probate decision. Authority is delegated 
to the Commissioner by 43 CFR 4.272 to make such modifications except on 
those Indian reservations covered by special Inheritance Acts (43 CFR 
4.300). Copies of administrative modifications shall be distributed to 
the appropriate Administrative Law Judge, Agencies with jurisdiction 
over the Indian land, and to all persons who share in the estate.
    (2) Land Titles and Records Offices shall notify the Superintendent 
when modifications are required by Administrative Law Judges for other 
types of probate errors. Corrective action is then initiated in 
accordance with 43 CFR part 4, subpart D.
    (3) Land Titles and Records Offices shall issue administrative 
corrections to correct probate errors which are clerical in nature and 
which do not affect vested property rights or involve questions of due 
process. Copies of administrative corrections are distributed to the 
appropriate Administrative Law Judge and Agency.