§ 403. — Leases of lands held in trust.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC403]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 403. Leases of lands held in trust
Any Indian allotment held under a trust patent may be leased by the
allottee for a period not to exceed five years, subject to and in
conformity with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the
Interior may prescribe, and the proceeds of any such lease shall be paid
to the allottee or his heirs, or expended for his or their benefit, in
the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 431, Sec. 4, 36 Stat. 856.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 353, 406, 564h, 697, 747 of
this title; title 43 section 1617.
