43 C.F.R. § 4.206 Determinations of nationality, citizenship, or status affecting character of land titles.
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) In cases where the right and duty of the Government to hold property in trust depends thereon: (1) A deciding official will determine the Indian or non-Indian status of heirs or beneficiaries; and (2) An administrative law judge or Indian probate judge will determine the nationality or citizenship of heirs or beneficiaries, or whether Indian heirs or beneficiaries of U.S. citizenship are of a class as to whose property the Government's supervision and trusteeship have been terminated. (b) Determinations under paragraph (a) of this section will be made either in current probate proceedings or in completed estates after reopening such estates under, but without regard to the 3-year limit in, §4.242.
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES
Subpart D—Rules Applicable in Indian Affairs Hearings and Appeals
Determination of Heirs; Approval of Wills; Settlement of Indian Trust Estates
§ 4.206 Determinations of nationality, citizenship, or status affecting character of land titles.
