Statutes | Nez Perce Tribal Code Title 2 Chapter 2-3, ยง 2-3-1 | 2018
(a) "Business day" means any day in which the business of the Nez Perce Tribe is normally conducted and excluding weekends and holidays.
(b) "Contraband" means any item which is unlawful to possess or produce.
(c) "Defendant" means the person against whom an action is filed under this chapter.
(d) "Infraction" means a civil offense in which the remedy involved shall be a civil fine. An infraction is not a crime and the punishment imposed therefor shall not be deemed for any purpose a penal or criminal punishment and shall not affect or impair the credibility of a witness or otherwise of any person convicted thereof.
(e) "Instrumentality" means any item used in connection with an infraction.
(f) "Probable cause" exists under this chapter when an officer has substantial objective basis for believing that a person has committed an infraction. In determining whether probable cause exists, the officer may take into account all information which a prudent officer would deem relevant to the likelihood that an infraction has been committed and that the person to be cited has committed it.
(g) "Personal delivery" means the physical presentation of a citation to a person accused of an infraction violation.
(h) "Notice" means to hand deliver notice to a party or mail such notice to the partys most recently known address.
(i) "Tribal Police Officer" means BIA law enforcement officers, tribal police officers, or other peace officers authorized by the Nez Perce Tribe to enforce the laws of the Tribe.
(j) "Tribe" means the Nez Perce Tribe.