Title
TITLE 12 - CIVIL PROCEDURE (INCLUDES THE 2019 POCKET PART)
Body
TITLE 12
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chapter
1. Civil Procedure
2. Unfair and Deceptive Practices
3. Interest on Judgments
4. Change of Name
5. Civil Protective Orders
6. Garnishment
7. Declaratory Judgments
8. Uniform Arbitration Act
9. Cherokee Nation Judgment Fund Act
CHAPTER 1
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Section
1. Title of chapter
2. Jurisdiction-General
3. Law to be applied
4. Force of the Cherokee Common Law
5. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure-Federal Rules of Evidence
6. Legislative purpose
7. Right to Bring Suit
8-10. Reserved
11. Limitations of actions
12. Reserved
13. Parens patriae
14. Wrongful death
15. Joint tortfeasors
16. Class actions
17. Permissive joinder
18. Limitation of new action after reversal or failure otherwise than on merits
19. Interlocutory appeals
20. Appeal
Historical and Statutory Notes
2018 Legislation
LA 07-18, Section 2, provides:
"Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to make technical amendments to Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Title 12 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated as found in Legislative Act 16-16."
? 1. Title of Chapter
This chapter shall be known as the Code of Civil Procedure of the Cherokee Nation.
LA 16-16, eff. April 21, 2016. Amended LA 07-18, eff. May 18, 2018.
? 2. Jurisdiction-General
The Courts of the Cherokee Nation may exercise jurisdiction on any basis consistent with the Cherokee Nation Constitution.
LA 16-16, eff. April 21, 2016. Amended LA 07-18, eff. May 18, 2018.
? 3. Law to be applied
The courts shall apply the laws of the Cherokee Nation. The laws of the Cherokee Nation shall include the Constitution of the Cherokee Nation, all statutes heretofore and hereafter enacted by the Tribal Council and the Cherokee common law. The Cherokee common law consists of the traditional customs and usages of the Cherokee people since time immemorial. In matters arising under the common law, the courts ma...
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