§ 375d. — Disposition of estates of intestate members of Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma dying without heirs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC375d]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 10--DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION; HEIRS OF ALLOTTEE
Sec. 375d. Disposition of estates of intestate members of
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma
dying without heirs
Upon the final determination of a court having jurisdiction or by
decision of the Secretary of the Interior after a period of five years
from the death of the decedent, it is determined that a member of the
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, or Seminole Nations or Tribes of Oklahoma
or a person of the blood of said tribes has died intestate without
heirs, owning trust or restricted Indian lands in Oklahoma or an
interest therein or rents or profits therefrom, such lands, interests,
or profits shall escheat to the Nation or tribe from which title to the
trust or restricted Indian lands or interest therein was derived and
shall be held thereafter in trust by the United States for said nation
or tribe.
(Pub. L. 91-240, May 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 203.)
