Federal · Title 25 — Indians

25 U.S.C. § 200: Report of offense or case of Indian incarcerated in agency jail

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What this law says, in plain English

This statute requires that when an Indian person is jailed on a reservation or at an Indian school, officials must immediately report the offense details to the reservation superintendent and file it with agency records.

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Whenever an Indian shall be incarcerated in an agency jail, or any other place of confinement, on an Indian reservation or at an Indian school, a report or record of the offense or case shall be immediately submitted to the superintendent of the reservation or such official or officials as he may designate, and such report shall be made a part of the records of the agency office.

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