2016 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 9 - Allotment of Indian Lands
Sec. 347 - Limitations of actions for lands patented in severalty under treaties

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 347 (2016)
Section Name §347. Limitations of actions for lands patented in severalty under treaties
Section Text

In all actions brought in any State court or United States court by any patentee, his heirs, grantees, or any person claiming under such patentee, for the possession or rents or profits of lands patented in severalty to the members of any tribe of Indians under any treaty between it and the United States of America, where a deed has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior to the land sought to be recovered, the statutes of limitations of the States in which said land is situate shall be held to apply, and it shall be a complete defense to such action that the same has not been brought within the time prescribed by the statutes of said State the same as if such action had been brought for the recovery of land patented to others than members of any tribe of Indians.

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(May 31, 1902, ch. 946, §1, 32 Stat. 284.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 9 - ALLOTMENT OF INDIAN LANDS
Sec. 347 - Limitations of actions for lands patented in severalty under treaties
Contains section 347
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 32 Stat. 284
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