2012 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 14 - MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 441 - 1300n-6)
Subchapter XLVII - CHEROKEE NATION: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND (§§ 991 - 998)
Section 992 - Payments to adults, heirs or legatees; shares under certain amounts to revert to tribe; protection of minors and persons under legal disability
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 14 - MISCELLANEOUS SUBCHAPTER XLVII - CHEROKEE NATION: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND Sec. 992 - Payments to adults, heirs or legatees; shares under certain amounts to revert to tribe; protection of minors and persons under legal disability |
| Contains | section 992 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 87-775, §2, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 776. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 76 Stat. 776 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 87-775 |
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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a share or proportional share payable to a living adult shall be paid directly to such adult; (b) a share payable to a deceased enrollee shall be distributed to his heirs or legatees upon the filing of proof of death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, or his authorized representative, whose findings and determinations upon such proof shall be final and conclusive: Provided, That proportional shares of deceased heirs amounting to $10 or less shall not be distributed, and no inherited share amounting to $5 or less shall be paid, and the money shall revert to the tribe; (c) a share or proportional share payable to a person under twenty-one years of age or to a person under legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary determines will adequately protect the best interests of such persons.
(Pub. L. 87–775, §2, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 776.)
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