Council of the Cherokee Nation - File #: CNCA-33

• File #: CNCA-33
• Version: 1
• Name: TITLE 33 - HOUSING
• Type: Cherokee Nation Code
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/1/2014
• In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
• On agenda: N/A
• Final action: N/A
• Enactment date: N/A
• Enactment #: N/A
• Title: TITLE 33 - HOUSING
• Sponsors: N/A
• Indexes: CNCA, Code, Housing, Housing and Loan Improvement Act , Housing and Urban Development, Housing Code, Housing Preservation, Housing Rehabiliation
• Code sections: Title 33 - Housing
• Related files: CNCA

Title
TITLE 33 - HOUSING
Body
Code of Federal Regulations

Housing improvement program, see 25 C.F.R. § 256.1 et seq.

United States Code

Housing assistance and self-determination, see 25 U.S.C. § 4101 et seq.

CHAPTER 1

CHEROKEE NATION MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT

§ 1. Short title

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Cherokee Nation Mortgage Foreclosure Act.

History

Source. LA 21-96, eff. December 16, 1996.

Library References

Mortgages 320, 329.

Westlaw Topic No. 266.

C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 639 to 640, 645, 723, 732, 739, 786.

§ 2. Purpose

This act shall be interpreted and construed to fulfill the following purposes:

1. To preserve the peace, harmony, safety, health and general welfare of the people of the Nation and those permitted to enter or reside in Cherokee Nation;

2. To simplify the law governing the rights, obligations, and remedies of the owners, sellers, buyers, lessors, and lessees of buildings;

3. To avail Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Business Entities, and Cherokee citizens of financing for the construction and/or purchase of family residences on trust land within the jurisdiction of Cherokee Nation by prescribing procedures for the recording, priority and foreclosure of mortgages given to secure loans made by or through any government agency or lending institution;

4. To establish laws and procedures which are necessary in order to obtain governmental funding for Cherokee Nation housing programs or loan guarantees for private or Nation housing construction, purchase, or renovation.

History

Source. LA 21-96, eff. December 16, 1996.

Library References

Mortgages 321, 330.

Westlaw Topic No. 266.

C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 641 to 642, 732, 741.

§ 3. Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to them as follows:

1. "Borrower/mortgagor" shall mean the Nation, the Indian Housing Authority, or any individual Indian(s)...