Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§2207 Full Faith and Credit to Tribal Actions Under Tribal Ordinances Limiting Descent and Distribution of Trust or Restricted or Controlled Lands
Title 25 › CHAPTER 24 — INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION › § 2207
Summary
When deciding who inherits trust land, the Secretary must accept tribal actions taken under tribal rules. It applies only to deaths that happen on or after the ordinance’s effective date.
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Title 25, §2207
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The Secretary in carrying out his responsibility to regulate the descent and distribution of trust lands under section 372 of this title, and other laws, shall give full faith and credit to any tribal actions taken pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 2205 of this title, which provision shall apply only to estates of decedent’s whose deaths occur on or after the effective date of tribal ordinances adopted pursuant to this chapter.
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2000—Pub. L. 106–462 substituted “subsections (a) and (b) of section 2205” for “section 2205”.
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25 U.S.C. § 2207
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102