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Absentee-Shawnee Tribe - Tribal Code

Table of Contents Updated: August 2024

The tribe makes their tribal code available online. The links below will take you to the version of the code available on the tribe's website.

Code of Laws at tribal court's website.
Tax Codes at tribe's website.

Table of Contents

CIVIL PROCEDURE (CIVIL CODE)
General Provisions
Chapter 1 - Commencement of Action: Pleadings, Motions and Orders
Chapter 2 - Process, Summons, Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
Chapter 3 - Parties
Chatper 4 - Depositions and Discovery
Chapter 5 - Witnesses
Chapter 6 - Jurors
Chapter 7 - Trials
Chapter 8 - Provisional and Final Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 9 - Judgment
Chapter 10 - Limitation of Actions
Chapter 11 - Family Relations
Chapter 12 - Forcible Entry and Detainer
Chapter 13 - Habeas Corpus
Chapter 14 - Mandamus
Chapter 15 - Quo Warranto
Chapter 16 - Small Claims Procedure
Chapter 17 - Fireworks Ordinance
Chapter 17 - Lawful Collateral for Federally Guaranteed Loans
Chapter 18 - Mortgages
Chapter 19 - Foreclosure
Chapter 20 - Civil Action for Violation of the Freedom of Information Acts
Chapter 21 - Infomal Administrative Hearings Guidelines
Chapter 23 - Government Travel Charge Card
Chapter 24 - Animal Control Ordinance
Appellate Procedure, Appendix, Rule 101-106 - Attorney and Law Advocate Rules (Attorney Bar Guidelines)

JUVENILE CODE
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 2 - Children
Chapter 3 - Child Abuse Reporting & Prevention
Chapter 4 - Alternative Placement
Chapter 5 - Juvenile Code
Chapter 6 - Guardianships
Chapter 7 - Adoptions
Chapter 8 - Grandparental Visitation Rights
Note regarding date of document

CRIMINAL OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)
Resolution No. L-AS-2012-03 - May 23, 2012
Table of Contents
General Provisions
Chapter 1 - Crimes Against Property
Chapter 2 - Crimes Against Persons
Resolution No. L-AS-2012-04 - July 18, 2012
Chapter 3 - Inchoate Crimes
Chapter 4 - Crimes Against Public Justice

WELLBRIETY CODE
Objective of Program
I. Components of Wellbriety Court
II. Payment Schedule for Wellbriety Court
III. Eligibility for Wellbriety Court
IV. Treatment Plans
V. Incentives
VI. Violations and Sanctions
VII. Client goals for Wellbriety Court
VIII. Drug Testing
Wellbriety Court 2019 Service Plan and Budget

LICENSING AND TAX CODE (TAX CODES)
Chapter 1 - Tax Commission
Subchapter 1-1 Tax Commission Regulations
Subchapter 1-2 Rulemaking Procedures
Chapter 2 - Tax Administration Procedures
Subchapter 2-1 - Administrative Protests
Chapter 3 - Sales and Lodger's Tax; Business Licenses
Chapter 4 - Possessory Interest Tax
Chapter 5 - Gaming Tax
Chapter 6 - Severance Tax
Chatper 7 - Earnings Tax
Chapter 8 - Taxation and Registration of Vehicles
Rules and Regulations
Chapter 9 - Fireworks Code

[Table of Contents created by NILL in August 2024, based on version of the code on tribe's website.]