2015 US Code
Title 25 - Indians (Sections 1 - 4307)
Chapter 5 - Protection of Indians (Sections 171 - 202)
Sec. 202 - Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests in lands
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 25 - INDIANS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 5 - PROTECTION OF INDIANS Sec. 202 - Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests in lands |
Contains | section 202 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | June 25, 1910, ch. 431, §5, 36 Stat. 857. |
Statutes at Large References | 36 Stat. 857 62 Stat. 683 |
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It shall be unlawful for any person to induce any Indian to execute any contract, deed, mortgage, or other instrument purporting to convey any land or any interest therein held by the United States in trust for such Indian, or to offer any such contract, deed, mortgage, or other instrument for record in the office of any recorder of deeds. Any person violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 for the first offense, and if convicted for a second offense may be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. This section shall not apply to any lease or other contract authorized by law to be made.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 431, §5, 36 Stat. 857.)
CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 115 of Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §1, 62 Stat. 683.
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