2019 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 12 - Lease, Sale, or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands
Sec. 409a - Sale of restricted lands; reinvestment in other restricted lands

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Citation 25 U.S.C. § 409a (2019)
Section Name §409a. Sale of restricted lands; reinvestment in other restricted lands
Section Text

Whenever any nontaxable land of a restricted Indian of the Five Civilized Tribes or of any other Indian tribe is sold to any State, county, or municipality for public-improvement purposes, or is acquired, under existing law, by any State, county, or municipality by condemnation or other proceedings for such public purposes, or is sold under existing law to any other person or corporation for other purposes, the money received for said land may, in the discretion and with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, be reinvested in other lands selected by said Indian, and such land so selected and purchased shall be restricted as to alienation, lease, or incumbrance, and nontaxable in the same quantity and upon the same terms and conditions as the nontaxable lands from which the reinvested funds were derived, and such restrictions shall appear in the conveyance.

Source Credit

(Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 374, 46 Stat. 1471; June 30, 1932, ch. 333, 47 Stat. 474.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1932—Act June 30, 1932, made section applicable to lands of any restricted Indian of any other Indian tribe, and provided for sale of lands to any State and acquisition by any State instead of only to and by the State of Oklahoma.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 12 - LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 409a - Sale of restricted lands; reinvestment in other restricted lands
Contains section 409a
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 46 Stat. 1471
47 Stat. 474
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