§ 1035. — Distribution of shares.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC1035]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XLIX--SHAWNEE TRIBE OR NATION: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1035. Distribution of shares
(a) Payments to enrollees, next of kin, or legatees
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary
shall distribute a per capita share payable to a living enrollee
directly to such enrollee, and the Secretary shall distribute a per
capita share payable to a deceased enrollee directly to his next of kin
or legatees upon proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the
Secretary, whose findings upon such proof shall be final and conclusive.
(b) Payments to minors or persons under legal disability
A share payable to a person under twenty-one years of age or to a
person under legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such
procedures as the Secretary determines will adequately protect the best
interests of such persons.
(Pub. L. 88-457, Sec. 5, Aug. 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 555.)
