3.1.46 Endangering the Welfare of a Child

Statutes | Burns Paiute Indian Tribe Code, Title 3, Chapt. 3.1, § 3.1.46

A person commits the crime of endangering the welfare of a child if the person knowingly:  (a) Induces, causes or permits an unmarried person under 18 years of age to witness an act of sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse or  (b) Distributes, sells, or causes to be sold, tobacco in any...

Sec. 991A Sentence – Powers of court – County community service sentencing programs

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 22, Chapter 16 § 991A

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Elderly and Incapacitated Victims Protection Program, when a defendant is convicted of a crime, the Court shall:  1. Suspend the execution of sentence in whole or in part, with or without probation. The Court, in addition, may order the convicted defendant...

Sec. 121 Offenses commenced outside and consummated within the nation

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 22, Chapter 3 § 121

When the commission of a public offense, commenced without this Nation, is consummated within its boundaries, the defendant is liable to punishment therefor in this Nation, though he were out of the Nation at the time of the commission of the offense charged if he consummated it in this Nation...

Sec. 40.2 Victim of domestic abuse – Notice of rights

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 22, Chapter 2 § 40.2

Upon the preliminary investigation of any crime involving domestic abuse, it shall be the duty of the first peace officer who interviews the victim of the domestic abuse to inform the victim of the twenty-four-hour statewide telephone communication service established by the State of Oklahoma and...

Sec. 40.1. Victim of rape or forcible sodomy – Notice of rights

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 22 Chapter 2 § 40.1

Upon the preliminary investigation of any rape or forcible sodomy, it shall be the duty of the officer who interviews the victim of the rape or forcible sodomy to inform the victim of the twenty-four-hour statewide telephone communication service established by the State of Oklahoma and to give...

Sec. 142.18 Victim compensation assessments

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 21, § 142.18

A. In addition to the imposition of any costs, penalties or fines imposed pursuant to law, any person convicted or pleading guilty to a crime involving criminally injurious conduct shall be ordered to pay a victim compensation assessment of at least Five Dollars ($5.00), but not to exceed Five...

Sec. 142.1 Intent of Cherokee Nation Council

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 21, § 142.1

It is the intent of the Cherokee Nation Council to provide a method of compensating and assisting those persons within the Nation who are victims of criminal acts and who suffer bodily injury or death. To this end, it is the further intent of the Council to provide compensation in the amount of...

Sec. 3 Crime and public offense defined

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 21, Chapter 1 § 3

A crime or public offense is an act or omission forbidden by law, and to which is annexed, upon conviction, any of the following punishments:  1. Imprisonment  2. Fine  3. Removal from office  4. Disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit, under this...

Sec. 520 Tribal Registry for Protective Orders

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 12, Chapter 5 § 520

A. The Court shall maintain a registry of all orders for protective orders issued by the Court. The Clerk of Court shall provide the Cherokee Nation Marshals Office with certified protective orders within twenty-four (24) hours after issuance.  B. The Clerk of Court shall also provide the...

Sec. 519 Foreign Domestic Violence Protective orders -- Full Faith and Credit Recognition and Enforcement

Statutes | Cherokee Nation Code Annotated Title 12, Chapter 5 § 519

A. Subject to registration, a domestic violence protective order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state, Indian tribe, the District of Columbia or a commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States must be accorded full faith and credit by the Cherokee Nation Court...