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U.S. Code as of:
01/02/2006
Section 788. Federal trust upon escheat of estates of members dying intestate without heirs
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.
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