§409a Sale of Restricted Lands; Reinvestment in Other Restricted Lands

Summary

When a restricted, tax-free piece of land owned by an Indian of the Five Civilized Tribes or any other tribe is sold to a state, county, or city for public work, is taken by the government through legal action, or is sold to another person or company, the money from that sale can, if the Secretary of the Interior approves, be used to buy other land chosen by that Indian. The new land must be made restricted and tax-free just like the land sold—kept the same size and under the same rules about selling, leasing, or putting a mortgage or other claim on it—and those limits must be written into the deed.