[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: 25CFR15.203]

[Page 68]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 15_PROBATE OF INDIAN ESTATES, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE FIVE 
CIVILIZED TRIBES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C_Preparing the Probate Package
 
Sec. 15.203  What must the complete probate package contain?

    The complete probate package must contain all of the following:
    (a) A certified copy of the death certificate, or if one does not 
exist, some other reliable evidence of death as required by Sec. 
15.101;
    (b) A completed Form OHA-7, ``Data for Heirship Findings and Family 
History,'' certified by BIA, with the enrollment or other identifying 
number shown for each potential heir or beneficiary, if such number has 
been assigned;
    (c) A certified inventory of trust or restricted real property;
    (d) A statement describing all income generating activity;
    (e) A copy of the decedent's IIM account ledger showing the balance 
of the account at the date of death and the balance of the account at 
the date of probate package submission;
    (f) All original or certified copies of wills, codicils, and any 
revocations of wills or codicils;
    (g) Any statements renouncing interest that have been submitted to 
the agency;
    (h) Claims of creditors against the estate, date stamped to show 
when the agency received them;
    (i) All documentation of payment of claims before the probate 
proceeding;
    (j) All other documents required in Sec. 15.104;
    (k) Tribal options to purchase interests of a decedent;
    (l) Affidavit of the probate clerk or probate specialist describing 
what efforts have been made to locate any missing probable heirs and 
beneficiaries; and
    (m) Any other documentation that may be required at the time of 
probate proceedings.