CHAPTER 4 - CIVIL ACTIONS
Section 4-1
Section 4-2
Section 4-3
Section 4-4
Section 4-5
Section 4-6
Section 4-7
Section 4-8
Section 4-9
Section 4-10
Section 4-11
Section 4-12
Section 4-13
Section 4-14
Section 4-15
Section 4-16
Section 4-17
Section 4-18
Section 4-19
Section 4-20
Section 4-21
Section 4-22
Section 4-23
Section 4-24
Section 4-25
Section 4-26
Jurisdiction
Commencement of Civil Actions
Summons
Service of Summons and Complaint
Service Upon Minors, Wards, and Corporations
Proof of Service
Guardian ad Litem for Minor or Incompetent
Applicable Law in Civil Actions
Judgments in Civil Actions
Default Judgment
Costs
Appeal
Payment of Judgments from Individual Indian Monies
Effect Upon Estate
Judgment Lien
Writ of Execution
Garnishment
Examination of Judgment Debtor
Limitation of Enforcement of Judgment
Satisfaction of Judgment
Preponderance of Evidence
Full Faith and Credit for State and Foreign Judgments
Procedure for Repossession of Property
Service of Process – Foreign Civil Actions
Injunctions
Arbitration
Section 4-1 Jurisdiction
4-1.01 Jurisdiction The Spokane Tribal Court shall have jurisdiction of all civil suits wherein the defendant is
a resident of the Spokane Reservation, or the defendant has come onto the Reservation for whatever
reason, and the cause of action arises from defendant's presence and activity on the Reservation.
4-1.02 Jurisdiction Over Non-Indians Who Violate a Tribal Code. Non-Indians who violate any Code
approved and promulgated by the Spokane Tribal Council shall be subject only to the imposition of monetary
civil penalties contained in any Code, and/or the initiation and completion of exclusion proceedings as set
forth elsewhere in this Code, and/or any court order issued in conformity with such Code to correct the
violation of such Code, and/or such other civil remedies that are appropriate.
4-1.03 Personal Jurisdiction Over Non-Residents.
(a) Any person, whether or not a resident of Spokane Indian Country, who in person or through an
agent does any of the acts in this section, as set forth below, within Spokane Indian Country,
thereby submits said person, and if an incapacitated individual, his personal representative, to
the jurisdiction of the Tribe as to any cause of action arising from the doing of any of said acts:
(1) Transaction of business;
(2) Commission of tortuous act;
(3) The ownership, use, or possession of any property whether real or personal;
(4) Contracting to insure any person, property or risk;
(5) The act of sexual intercourse with the respect to which a child may have been
conceived;
(6) Living in a marital relationship notwithstanding subsequent departure so long as the
petitioning party has continued to reside within the jurisdiction;
(7) Any other basis consistent with law.
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Revised Spokane Law & Order Code, 5/14/2013