§ 913. — 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: 25USC913]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XLII--QUAPAW TRIBE: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 913. 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 share payable to a living enrollee directly to such
enrollee, and the Secretary shall distribute a share payable to a
deceased enrollee directly to his next of kin or legatees as determined
by the laws of the place of domicile of the decedent, 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 the laws
applicable to such person in the place of his domicile, or in the
discretion of the Secretary to the natural parent or guardian of such
person.
(Pub. L. 86-97, Sec. 3, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 222.)
