25 U.S.C. § 403
Leases of lands held in trust
Any Indian allotment held under a trust patent may be leased by the allottee for a period not to exceed five years, subject to and in conformity with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and the proceeds of any such lease shall be paid to the allottee or his heirs, or expended for his or their benefit, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1927–2021 · leading case: Wright v. United States, 32 Fed. Cl. 54 (Fed. Cl. 1994).
Wright v. United States, 32 Fed. Cl. 54 (Fed. Cl. 1994). “267 (Act to enable the people of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union on equal footing with the original states); 25 U.S.C. § 403 (1988) (dealing with leases of Indian lands held under a trust patent); 25…”
Hampton v. Ewert, 22 F.2d 81 (8th Cir. 1927). “856 [25 USCA § 403; Comp. St. § 4221]), and the proviso in the Act of June 7, 1897, here under discussion, and says: “It strikes me that, by construing these two sections together, there may be some merit in the theory that the allotments of these Indian minors could not be…”
Edwin E. Lawrence, Carolee Lawrence v. United States of Am., United States of Am., as Tr., Flora Cruz, Austin Cruz, 381 F.2d 989 (9th Cir. 1967). “Congress did not intend that this exercise of judgment should subject the United States to liability.”
Olson v. United States (Fed. Cl. 2021). “§ 402a 8: limiting leases of land on an Indian reservation to terms of ten years, and including no mention of payments; (8) 25 U.S.C. § 403 : limiting leases of trust land to terms of five years, and stating that the “proceeds of any such lease shall be paid to the allottee or…”
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