Land Management Services

Realty

Helping tribal members get title to their land and help in managing their property is the foundation of the Land Management Services (formerly, Realty) Program’s work. The program’s files detail pending and titled acquisitions totaling more than 127,000 acres. Realty staff can helps with trespass cases, gravel sales, partitions, easements and subdivisions. Landowners are urged to take advantage of another important Realty service, help in the writing of wills, to avoid inheritance disputes among heirs and family members.

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Wills

BBNA Realty urges all landowners, including heirs, to have a will. Probate and Records Specialist Martha Nerguson can help landowners write wills, specifying who shall inherit the property in the event of a landowner's death.

Transactions

Gift deeds, sales, Revocable Use Permits, leases, easements, trespasses, partitions, land exchanges, gravel and sand permits, and subdivision reviews are a few transactions with which Realty routinely assists. Revocable Use Permits, leases and gravel permits are effective options for generating income from Native allotments or townsites without selling the land. Land partitions are sometimes used if heirs wish to subdivide inherited property so that each can receive a deed (title) to his or her part of the property. Thus individual heirs can use their portion for their own purposes without having to have the consent of the other heirs. Without a partition it can sometimes be difficult to manage land owned by several heirs, since all must agree on how the property is to be used.