§ 788. — Federal trust upon escheat of estates of members dying intestate 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: 25USC788]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXXIV--CREEK NATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 788. Federal trust upon escheat of estates of members dying
intestate without heirs
When, 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 Creek Nation or tribe of Oklahoma or a person of Creek Indian blood
has died intestate without heirs, owning trust or restricted Indian
lands or an interest therein in Oklahoma, such lands or interests owned,
together with all rents and profits occurring therefrom, shall escheat
to the Creek Nation of Indians of Oklahoma and be held thereafter in
trust for said Indians by the United States.
(Pub. L. 90-76, Sec. 3, Aug. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 177.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 787 of this title.
