§ 782. — Payment to heirs or legatees.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC782]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXXIV--CREEK NATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 782. Payment to heirs or legatees
(a) Laws governing
If a person entitled to a payment authorized by sections 781 to 785
of this title is deceased, such payment shall be made to his heirs or
legatees determined in accordance with the laws, relating to the
distribution of personal property, of the Creek Nation if the decedent
died before January 1, 1898, or of the State of Arkansas in effect at
the time of death if the decedent died before November 16, 1907, or of
the State of Oklahoma in effect at the time of death if the decedent
died on or after November 16, 1907. For the purposes of this section the
decedent shall be regarded as an owner in possession of the payment at
the time of his death.
(b) Proof of death and heirship or bequest
Before a payment authorized by sections 781 to 785 of this title is
made to an heir or legatee of a deceased person, proof of death and
heirship or bequest satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior shall
be submitted to him, and his findings with respect thereto shall be
final and conclusive. Where satisfactory proof of death and heirship or
bequest is already available to the Secretary, no additional submission
shall be required.
(Aug. 1, 1955, ch. 444, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 432.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 783, 784, 785 of this title.
