Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§351 Patents with Restrictions for Lots in Villages in Washington
Title 25 › CHAPTER 9 — ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS › § 351
Summary
Secretary of the Interior may give each Indian in villages on Washington reservations a patent (official title) for the lot they occupy when he thinks it will help the tribe. The patent must prevent sale to non‑tribe members unless the Secretary approves, and if an Indian died after June 25, 1910 but before getting the patent, the lot must be patented in his name and handled under section 372.
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Title 25, §351
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, whenever in his opinion it shall be conducive to the best welfare and interest of the Indians living within any Indian village on any of the Indian reservations in the State of Washington to issue a patent to each of said Indians for the village or town lot occupied by him, which patent shall contain restrictions against the alienation of the lot described therein to persons other than members of the tribe, except on approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and if any such Indian shall die subsequent to June 25, 1910, and before receiving patent to the lot occupied by him, the lot to which such Indian would have been entitled if living shall be patented in his name and shall be disposed of as provided for in section 372 of this title.
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25 U.S.C. § 351
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102