2020 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 5 - Protection of Indians
Sec. 202 - Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests in lands
| 25 U.S.C. § 202 (2020) |
| §202. Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests in lands |
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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. |
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(June 25, 1910, ch. 431, §5, 36 Stat. 857.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
Section 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. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 25 - INDIANS |
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| Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 5 - PROTECTION OF INDIANS Sec. 202 - Inducing conveyances by Indians of trust interests in lands |
| section 202 |
| 2020 |
| January 13, 2021 |
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| 36 Stat. 857 62 Stat. 683 |
