[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR117.26]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 117_DEPOSIT AND EXPENDITURE OF INDIVIDUAL FUNDS OF MEMBERS OF THE 
 
Sec. 117.26  Expenses incurred pending qualification of an executor 
or administrator.

    Pending the qualification of the executor or administrator of the 
estate of a deceased Indian of one-half or more Indian blood who did not 
have a certificate of competency at the time of his death, the 
superintendent may authorize the extension of credit for the following 
purposes, subject to allowance of claims by the executor or 
administrator and approval thereof by the court:
    (a) Funeral expenses, including the cost of a funeral feast, in an 
amount not to exceed $1,000.
    (b) Necessary expenses in hearings before the Osage Agency involving 
the approval or disapproval of last wills and testaments.
    (c) Expenses necessary to preserve restricted property.