Statutes | Law and Order Code of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Community, Arizona Chapter 5 Article I ยง 5-1 | 2019
In all actions before the courts of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, the law of the Fort McDowell Nation shall be controlling. The law of the Community consists of the Law and Order Code and the common law of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. The common law of the Community is composed of both the customary law of the community and the rules of law and decisions of the Tribal Court.
In cases where the Law and Order Code is silent as to an issue of procedural law, the court may, in its discretion, use procedural rules or laws of the United States to fashion a remedy. In determining issues of law the Tribal Court may use as a resource cases decided by the courts (1) of the Indian tribes, (2) of the United States, and (3) of the several states and territories of the United States. ( Sec. 5-1 amended by Resolution No. Ft. McD. 93-12, Feb. 24, 1993. ) (Law & Order Code 2006, § 5-1 Ft. McD. Res. No. 93-12, eff. 2-24-1993)