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Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Laws

Date: 2006/2007 with 2007 and 2007/2008 supplements



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Table of Contents

** This is the 2006/2007 edition with changes or additions from the 2007 and/or 2007/2008 Supplements noted.

2006/2007 Title pg., Table of Contents

Entire 2007 Supplement

2007 Supp. Title pg., TOC

Entire 2007/2008 Supplement

2007/2008 Supp. Title pg., TOC

Title 1. Judiciary
Ch. 1. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
Ch. 2. Court Administration
Ch. 3. Office of the Prosecutor
Ch. 4. Peacemakers Council

Title 2. Criminal Law
Ch. 1. Tribal Criminal Rules and Procedures
Ch. 2. Offenses Against the Tribe
Ch. 3. Elders Protection
Ch. 4. Tribal Government Protection
Ch. 5. Child Neglect and Abuse Reporting; Enactment of the Child Protection and Family Preservation Law
Ch. 6. Pre-trial Intervention Program
Ch. 7. Tribal Pre-trial Intervention Program Guidelines

Title 3. Gaming
Ch. 1. Gaming Law
         2007/2008 Supplement

Title 4. Tort Claims (Gaming Enterprise)
Ch. 1
          2007 Supplement

Title 5. Child Welfare

Ch. 1. Child Protection and Family Preservation Law
Ch. 2. Definitions
Ch. 3. Reporting of Child Neglect and Abuse
Ch. 4. Guardianship
Ch. 5. Termination of Parental Rights
Ch. 6. Foster Home Licensing Procedures
Ch. 7. Adoption

Title 6. Family Relations Code
Ch. 1. Purpose and Definition
Ch. 2. Restraining Orders
Ch. 3. Marriages
Ch. 4. Dissolution of Marriage and Annulment
Ch. 5. Support of Child and Spouse
Ch. 6. Paternity Proceedings
Ch. 7. Emancipation
Ch. 8. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Support Orders
Ch. 9. Change of Name
Ch. 10. Miscellaneous

Title 7. Traffic Safety Code
Ch. 1. Vehicle and Traffic Law
Ch. 2. Operators' Licenses
Ch. 3. Equipment
Ch. 4. Jurisdiction and Procedure
Ch. 5. General Provisions
Ch. 6. Motor Vehicle Antitheft Act
Ch. 7. Vehicle Highway Use
Ch. 8. Traffic Control and Highway Safety
Ch. 9. Snowmobiles and All-Terrain Vehicles
Ch. 10. Miscellaneous
Schedule of Fines

Title 8. Employment
Ch. 1. Employee Review Code

Title 9. Commercial
Ch. 1. Adoption of Article 9 of UCC [Uniform Commercial Code]
Ch. 2. Hotel and Innkeepers Liability

Title 10. Arbitration
Ch. 1

Title 11. Juvenile (Reserved)  

Title 12. Civil Actions

Ch. 1. Civil Actions Law
Ch. 2. False Claims Act
          2007 Supplement

Title 13. Workers' Compensation Code
Ch. 1. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Workers' Compensation Commission
Ch. 2. Basic Rights, Liabilities and Remedies
Ch. 3. Insurance
Ch. 4. Administration of Payment of Compensation, Fines and Penalties

Title 14. Land Use Law
Ch. 1. Declaration of Purpose and Policy
Ch. 2. Definitions
Ch. 3. Land Use Commission
Ch. 4. Preliminary Screening and Approval Procedure
Ch. 5. Permit Process and Procedure
Ch. 6. Permit Conditions
Ch. 7. Certificate of Occupancy or Completion
Ch. 8. Variance
Ch. 9. Monitoring
Ch. 10. Enforcement
Ch. 11. Appeal Process and Procedure
Ch. 12. Effective Date and Application
          Added in 2007 Supplement:
          Ch. 13. Land Use Regulatory Standard for New Housing Projects
          Ch. 14. New Home Warranties
          Ch. 15. New Home Construction Contractors
          Contractor Registration Notice

Title 15. Administration and Claims Review of Tribally Sponsored Employee Benefit Plans Under ERISA (TERISA) [Employment Retirement Income Security Act]

Title 16. General Revenue and Taxation Code
Ch. 1. Administration
Ch. 2. Hotel Occupancy
Ch. 3. Food and Beverage
Ch. 4. Retail
Ch. 5. Admissions
Ch. 6. Real Estate Home Ownership

Title 17. Liquor Control Code
Ch. 1

Title 18. Mandatory School Attendance and Truancy

Title 19. Escheat and Abandoned Property
Ch. 1. Definitions
Ch. 2. Abandoned Property
Ch. 3. Escheat of Abandoned Funds

Title 20. Civil Rights Code
Ch. 1

Title 21. Public Safety Code
Ch. 1. Animal Control Law
Ch. 2. Security Gate Project

Title 22. Tribal Notice Law (Reserved)

Title 23. Foreign Judgments, Wage Executions and Subpoenas [Added in 2007 Supplement]
Ch. 1. Recognition of Foreign Judgments
Ch. 2. Wage Executions
Ch. 3. Subpoenas Directed to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, its Entities for Appearance or Production of Documents

Title 24. Probate Law
Ch. 1. Probate Court -- Administrative Provisions
Ch. 2. Probate Court -- Jurisdictions, Powers
Ch. 3. Probate Court -- Procedures
Ch. 4. Fiduciaries
Ch. 5. Wills: Execution and Construction
Ch. 6. Decedents' Estates
Ch. 7. Trusts
Ch. 8. Mashantucket Pequot Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
Ch. 9. Durable Power of Attorney
Ch. 10. Powers of Appointment
Ch. 11. Disclaimer of Property
Ch. 12. Protected Persons and Their Property
Ch. 13. Living Will

Title 25. Residential Foreclosure and Eviction Law
Ch. 1. Short Title, Findings, and Purpose
Ch. 2. Scope
Ch. 3. Definitions
Ch. 4. Foreclosure of Assignment Mortgage
Ch. 5. Evictions From Dwellings

Title 26. Tribal Food Law
Ch. 1

Title 27. Land Assignment Law
Ch. 1. Purpose, Policy, Definitions
Ch. 2. Assignment
Ch. 3. Enforcement; Termination of Assignment
Ch. 4. Delegation to the Mashantucket Department of Housing (DOH)
Ch. 5. Recording
Ch. 6. Initial Assignment Area; Additional Assignment Areas
Ch. 7. Other Provisions
Ch. 8. General

Title 28. Right to Work Law
         2007 Supplement

Title 29. The Non-Tribal Member Surviving Spouse Law
Ch. 1. Purpose, Policy, Definitions
Ch. 2. Nature of a Surviving Spouse's Right
Ch. 3. Default, Remedies, Conveyance
Ch. 4. General

Title 30. Captive Domicile Code

Title 31. Employment Rights Law [Added in 2007 Supplement]
Ch. 1
Ch. 2
Ch. 2

Ch. 32. Labor Relations Law [Added in 2007 Supplement]
Ch. 1

Ch. 33. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal and Native American Preference Law [Added in 2007/2008 Supplement]

Mashantucket Pequot Rules of Court

Title page

Rules of Civil Procedure


Rules of Evidence

         
Rules of Appellate Procedure

         
Code of Judicial Conduct

         
Rules of Legal Counsel Conduct