25-U.S.C.-788

§788 – Federal Trust Upon Escheat of Estates of Members Dying Intestate Without Heirs

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• Reference: Section 788
• Legend: §788 – Federal Trust Upon Escheat of Estates of Members Dying Intestate Without Heirs
• USCode Year: 2013

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When, upon the final determination of a court having jurisdiction or by decision of the Secretary of the Interior after a period of five years from the death of the decedent, it is determined that a member of the Creek Nation or tribe of Oklahoma or a person of Creek Indian blood has died intestate without heirs, owning trust or restricted Indian lands or an interest therein in Oklahoma, such lands or interests owned, together with all rents and profits occurring therefrom, shall escheat to the Creek Nation of Indians of Oklahoma and be held thereafter in trust for said Indians by the United States.

(Pub. L. 90–76, §3, Aug. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 177.)

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