Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§375d Disposition of estates of intestate members of Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma dying without heirs
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 10— - DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION; HEIRS OF ALLOTTEE › § 375d
Summary
If a court finally decides, or if the Secretary of the Interior decides after five years from the person’s death, that a Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, or Seminole member (or someone of their blood) died without a will and without heirs, and that person owned trust or restricted Indian land in Oklahoma or any part of it or the income from it, then those lands, interests, or income must go to the tribe that the land originally came from. The United States will hold those lands or earnings in trust for that tribe.
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Title 25, §375d
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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 Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, or Seminole Nations or Tribes of Oklahoma or a person of the blood of said tribes has died intestate without heirs, owning trust or restricted Indian lands in Oklahoma or an interest therein or rents or profits therefrom, such lands, interests, or profits shall escheat to the Nation or tribe from which title to the trust or restricted Indian lands or interest therein was derived and shall be held thereafter in trust by the United States for said nation or tribe.
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25 U.S.C. § 375d
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73