BIA Renews Trust Land Mortgage Lender Checklists Unchanged
Published Date: 1/23/2026
Notice
Summary
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is renewing its Trust Land Mortgage Lender Checklists without any changes. This affects mortgage lenders working with trust land and keeps paperwork steady with no new costs or deadlines. You can share your thoughts by February 23, 2026, but no changes are planned, so it’s business as usual!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork Burden for Trust Land Mortgages
If you (or a tribal government) want to mortgage trust land for a home or development under 25 U.S.C. 5135 and 25 CFR 152.34, you must submit mortgage documents to the BIA and meet the existing checklist requirements. The collection is required to obtain the mortgage benefit, takes about 20–40 hours per response, occurs annually, and totals an estimated 3,840 burden hours across 131 responses each year.
Trust-Land Lender Checklist Renewed
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is renewing the Trust Land Mortgage Lender Checklists without any changes (OMB Control Number 1076-0195). This keeps current paperwork, hours, and costs the same: 56 estimated annual respondents, 131 annual responses, 20–40 hours per response, 3,840 total annual burden hours, and $0 estimated annual nonhour cost.
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