§ 202. — Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests in lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC202]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 5--PROTECTION OF INDIANS
Sec. 202. Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests in
lands
It shall be unlawful for any person to induce any Indian to execute
any contract, deed, mortgage, or other instrument purporting to convey
any land or any interest therein held by the United States in trust for
such Indian, or to offer any such contract, deed, mortgage, or other
instrument for record in the office of any recorder of deeds. Any person
violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 for the
first offense, and if convicted for a second offense may be punished by
a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. This
section shall not apply to any lease or other contract authorized by law
to be made.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 431, Sec. 5, 36 Stat. 857.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 115 of Title 18, Criminal
Code and Criminal Procedure, prior to the general revision and enactment
of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch.
645, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 683.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 353, 406, 564h, 697, 747 of
this title.
