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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 883a. Payment of allotments
(a) Living original allottees
Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a
share or proportional share payable to a living original Osage
allottee shall be paid to such allottee.
(b) Distribution to heirs; heirship determinations; intestate
succession; finality of determinations and distributions;
reversion of minimal amounts
A share of a deceased Osage allottee having died prior to or
after October 27, 1972, shall be distributed to his heirs of Osage
Indian blood pursuant to an order determining heirs by the
Secretary of the Interior or a court of competent jurisdiction of
the State of Oklahoma, and such distributions by the Secretary of
the Interior shall be final and conclusive. In the event the heirs
of Osage Indian blood of an Osage Indian having died prior to or
after October 27, 1972, have not been determined by the Secretary
of the Interior or a court of competent jurisdiction of the State
of Oklahoma, such share shall be distributed to the heirs of Osage
Indian blood upon the filing of proof of death and inheritance in
accordance with the Oklahoma law of intestate succession in a form
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior whose findings and
determinations upon such proof shall be final and conclusive:
Provided, That when a person of Osage Indian blood receives an
amount totaling less than $20 from one or more shares of one or
more Osage allottees, that amount shall not be distributed to the
individual, but will revert to the Osage Tribe.
(c) Minors and persons under guardianship; rules and regulations
A share or proportional share payable to a person of Osage Indian
blood under eighteen years of age and any person under guardianship
pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction
notwithstanding the fact he has received a certificate of
competency shall be disbursed under rules and regulations to be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
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