Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 25 : Section 565b


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 565b. Time of payment; claims for shares of deceased enrollees

      Within sixty days of October 1, 1965, the Secretary of the
    Interior shall commence to pay the share due to each living person
    whose name appears on the final roll of August 13, 1954. As to
    members who have died since promulgation of the final roll of
    August 13, 1954, the Secretary shall mail a notice of distribution
    of funds and a form for presentation of a claim thereunder to all
    known heirs or legatees of such deceased enrollees. All such claims
    shall be filed with the area director of the Bureau of Indian
    Affairs, Portland, Oregon, within two years following October 1,
    1965. From and after that date, all claims and the right to file
    claims for any distribution from the judgment in docket numbered
    100 shall be forever barred.



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