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[CITE: 25USC375d]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
         CHAPTER 10--DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION; HEIRS OF ALLOTTEE
 
Sec. 375d. Disposition of estates of intestate members of 
        Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma 
        dying without heirs
        
    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 
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, or Seminole Nations or Tribes of Oklahoma 
or a person of the blood of said tribes has died intestate without 
heirs, owning trust or restricted Indian lands in Oklahoma or an 
interest therein or rents or profits therefrom, such lands, interests, 
or profits shall escheat to the Nation or tribe from which title to the 
trust or restricted Indian lands or interest therein was derived and 
shall be held thereafter in trust by the United States for said nation 
or tribe.

(Pub. L. 91-240, May 7, 1970, 84 Stat. 203.)
