Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Dec 18, 2025
§ 3904.11 - When to file bonds.

File the lease bond before the BLM will issue the lease, file the reclamation bond before the BLM will approve the POD, and file the exploration bond before the BLM will issue the exploration license.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 189,359,and,42.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b) and 1740
source: 73 FR 69469, Nov. 18, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 3904.11