REVISED LAW AND ORDER CODE
OF THE SPOKANE TRIBE OF INDIANS
PREAMBLE
For the purpose of exercising self-government, providing the law enforcement machinery, and protecting the
health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Spokane Reservation, the Tribe hereby adopts this Law and
Order Code.
CHAPTER 1 - SPOKANE TRIBAL COURT
Section 1-1
Section 1-2
Section 1-3
Section 1-4
Section 1-5
Section 1-6
Section 1-7
Section 1-8
Section 1-9
Section 1-10
Section 1-11
Section 1-12
Section 1-13
Section 1-14
Section 1-15
Section 1-16
Name
Jurisdiction
Judges
Court Procedure
Juries
Witnesses
Appellate Procedure
Contempt of Court
Spokesperson or Professional Attorney
Clerks
Records
Copies of Law-Legal Revisor
Sovereign Immunity
Habeas Corpus
Priority of Laws
Severability
Section 1-1 Name
1-1.01 Name. The Spokane Tribe hereby establishes a Tribal Court to be known as the Spokane Tribal
Court.
Section 1-2 Jurisdiction
1-2.01 Jurisdiction.
(a) The Spokane Tribal Court shall be the court of general jurisdiction of the Spokane Tribe, and
shall have jurisdiction over all matters now or hereafter described in this Code.
(1) The Court may also exercise its inherent authority as a court of general jurisdiction.
(2) Any reference to Spokane Tribal jurisdiction in this code shall also mean Tribal Court
jurisdiction.
(3) The jurisdiction of the Tribal Court, and the effective area of the Law and Order Code, shall
include all territory within the Reservation boundaries, the lands outside the boundaries of
the Reservation held in trust by the United States for Tribal members or the Tribe, and any
other land considered to be within the jurisdiction of the Spokane Tribe by law.
(4) Any reference in this Code to the “Reservation” includes the foregoing lands.
(b) Entrance by any person onto any lands or property of the Spokane Indian Reservation or any
other land or property under the jurisdiction of the Spokane Tribe of Indians shall be deemed
equivalent to and construed to be consent to the jurisdiction of the Tribe.
(1) Such consent shall be to both civil and criminal jurisdiction, in accordance to all applicable
law, and shall be consent to all provisions of the Spokane Tribal Law and Order Code.
(c) In addition, any person who utilizes any process of the Spokane Tribal Court, in any manner,
shall have consented to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Spokane Tribe for any cause of
action arising under the same operative set of facts.
(1) Such use of Tribal Court process shall act as waiver of any jurisdictional defense.
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Revised Spokane Law & Order Code, 5/14/2013