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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 403a-2. Acquisition, management, and disposal of lands by Tulalip Tribe
(a) Termination of Federal trust and restrictions on alienation
Notwithstanding the provisions of the constitution and charter of
the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, any lands that are
held by the United States in trust for the Tulalip Tribes, or that
are subject to a restriction against alienation or taxation imposed
by the United States, or that are on and after June 18, 1956,
acquired by the Tulalip Tribes, may be sold by the Tulalip Tribes,
with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, on such terms
and conditions as the Tulalip board of directors may prescribe, and
such sale shall terminate the Federal trust or restrictions against
alienation or taxation of the land; except that the trust or
restricted status of said lands may be retained, upon approval of
the Secretary of the Interior, in any sale thereof to any member of
the Tulalip Tribes.
(b) Lands in trust
The Secretary of the Interior may accept any transfer of title
from the Tulalip Tribes for any land or fractional interest in land
within the boundaries of the Tulalip Reservation, and take title to
such land in the name of the United States in trust for the Tulalip
Tribes, and such lands shall not be subject to taxation.
(c) Mortgages
The Tulalip Tribes may, with the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, execute mortgages or deeds of trust to land, the title to
which is held by the Tulalip Tribes or by the United States in
trust for the Tulalip Tribes. Such land shall be subject to
foreclosure and sale pursuant to the terms of such mortgage or deed
of trust in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington.
For the purpose of any foreclosure or sale proceeding, the Tulalip
Tribes shall be regarded as vested with an unrestricted fee simple
title to the land, the United States shall not be a necessary party
to the foreclosure or sale proceeding, and any conveyance of the
land pursuant to the foreclosure or sale proceeding shall divest
the United States of title to the land. Title to any land redeemed
or acquired by the Tulalip Tribes at such foreclosure or sale
proceeding shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust
for the tribes. Title to any land purchased by an individual Indian
member of the Tulalip Tribes at such foreclosure sale or proceeding
may, with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, be taken in
the name of the United States in trust for the individual Indian
purchaser.
(d) Moneys or credits
Any moneys or credits received or credited to the Tulalip Tribes
from the sale, exchange, mortgage, or granting of any security
interest in any tribal land may be used for any tribal purpose.
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