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Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Laws

Updated through the 2005 Supplementary Pamphlet


Table of Contents

Title I - Judiciary

Chapter 1 - Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
Chapter 2 - Court Administration
Chapter 3 - Office of the Prosecutor
Chapter 4 - Peacemakers Council

Title II - Criminal Law

Chapter 1 - Tribal Criminal Rules and Procedures
Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Tribe
Chapter 3 - Elders Protection
Chapter 4 - Tribal Government Protection
Chapter 5 - Child Neglect and Abuse Reporting
Chapter 6 - Pre-trial Intervention Program
Chapter 7 - Tribal Pretrial Intervention Program Guidelines

Title III - Gaming

Chapter 1 - Gaming Law

Title IV - Tort Claims (Gaming Enterprise)

Chapter 1

Title V - Child Welfare

Chapter 1 - Child Protection and Family Preservation Law
Chapter 2 - Definitions
Chapter 3 - Reporting of Child Neglect and Abuse
Chapter 4 - Guardianship
Chapter 5 - Termination of Parental Rights
Chapter 6 - Foster Home Licensing Procedures

Title VI - Family Relations

Chapter 1 - Purpose and Definition
Chapter 2 - Restraining Orders
Chapter 3 - Marriages
Chapter 4 - Dissolution of Marriage and Annulment
Chapter 5 - Support of Child and Spouse
Chapter 6 - Paternity Proceedings
Chapter 7 - Emancipation
Chapter 8 - Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Support Orders
Chapter 9 - Change of Name
Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous

Title VII - Traffic Safety Code

Chapter 1 - Vehicle and Traffic Law
Chapter 2 - Operators' Licenses
Chapter 3 - Equipment
Chapter 4 - Jurisdiction and Procedure
Chapter 5 - General Provisions
Chapter 6 - Motor Vehicle Antitheft Act
Chapter 7 - Vehicle Highway Use
Chapter 8 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety
Chapter 9 - Snowmobiles and All-Terrain Vehicles
Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous

Title VIII - Employment

Chapter 1 - Employee Review Code

Title IX - Commercial

Chapter 1 - Adoption of Article 9 of UCC
Chapter 2 - Hotel and Innkeepers Liability

Title X - Arbitration

Chapter 1

Title XI - Juvenile (Reserved)

Title XII - Civil Actions

Chapter 1 - Civil Actions Law
Chapter 2 - False Claims Act

Title XIII - Workers' Compensation Code

Chapter 1 - Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Workers' Compensation Commission
Chapter 2 - Basic Rights, Liabilities and Remedies
Chapter 3 - Insurance
Chapter 4 - Administration of Payment of Compensation, Fines and Penalties

Title XIV - Land Use Law

Chapter 1 - Declaration of Purpose and Policy
Chapter 2 - Definitions
Chapter 3 - Land Use Commission
Chapter 4 - Preliminary Screening and Approval Procedure
Chapter 5 - Permit Process and Procedure
Chapter 6 - Permit Conditions
Chapter 7 - Certificate of Occupancy or Completion
Chapter 8 - Variance
Chapter 9 - Monitoring
Chapter 10 - Enforcement
Chapter 11 - Appeal Process and Procedure
Chapter 12 - Effective Date and Application
Chapter 13 - Land Use Regulatory Standard for New Housing Projects

Title XV - Administration and Claims Review of Tribally Sponsored Employee Benefit Plans Under ERISA (TERISA)

Title XVI - General Revenue and Taxation Code

Chapter 1 - Administration
Chapter 2 - Hotel Occupancy
Chapter 3 - Food and Beverage
Chapter 4 - Retail
Chapter 5 - Admissions
Chapter 6 - Real Estate Home Ownership

Title XVII - Mashantucket Pequot Tribe Liquor Control Code

Chapter 1

Title XVIII - Mandatory School Attendance & Truancy

Title XIX - Escheat and Abandoned Property

Chapter 1 - Definitions
Chapter 2 - Abandoned Property
Chapter 3 - Escheat of Abandoned Funds

Title XX - Mashantucket Pequot Civil Rights Code

Chapter 1

Title XXI - Public Safety Code

Chapter 1 - Animal Control Law
Chapter 2 - Security Gate Project

Title XXII - Tribal Notice Law (Reserved)

Title XXIII - Foreign Judgment (Reserved)

Title XXIV - Probate Law

Chapter 1 - Probate Court - Administrative Provisions
Chapter 2 - Probate Court - Jurisdictions, Powers
Chapter 3 - Probate Court - Procedures
Chapter 4 - Fiduciaries
Chapter 5 - Wills: Execution and Construction
Chapter 6 - Decedents' Estates
Chapter 7 - Trusts
Chapter 8 - Mashantucket Pequot Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
Chapter 9 - Durable Power of Attorney
Chapter 10 - Powers of Appointment
Chapter 11 - Disclaimer of Property
Chapter 12 - Protected Persons and Their Property
Chapter 13 - Living Will

Title XXV - Residential Foreclosure and Eviction Law

Chapter 1 - Short Title, Findings, and Purpose
Chapter 2 - Scope
Chapter 3 - Definitions
Chapter 4 - Foreclosure of Security Interests
Chapter 5 - Actions to Recover Possession of Real Property--Evictions
Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous

Title XXVI - Tribal Food Law

Mashantucket Pequot Rules of Court

Rules of Civil Procedure
Rules of Evidence
Rules of Appellate Procedure
Code of Judicial Conduct
Rules of Legal Counsel Conduct