§ 403a-1. — Sale or partition by owners of interests in allotted lands in the Tulalip Reservation; termination of Federal title, trust, and restrictions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC403a-1]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 403a-1. Sale or partition by owners of interests in
allotted lands in the Tulalip Reservation; termination of
Federal title, trust, and restrictions
Any owner of an interest in any tract of land in the Tulalip
Reservation, Washington, in which any undivided interest is now or
hereafter held in trust by the United States for an Indian, or is now or
hereafter owned by an Indian subject to restrictions against alienation
or taxation imposed by the United States, may commence in a State court
of competent jurisdiction an action for the partition in kind or for the
sale of such land in accordance with the laws of the State. For the
purpose of any such action the Indian owners shall be regarded as vested
with an unrestricted fee simple title to the land, the United States
shall not be a necessary party to the proceeding, and any partition or
conveyance of the land pursuant to the proceedings shall divest the
United States of title to the land, terminate the Federal trust, and
terminate all restrictions against alienation or taxation of the land
imposed by the United States.
(June 18, 1956, ch. 400, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 290.)
