Cite as: 33 CNCA § 2

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.

Historical Data

LA 21–96, eff. December 16, 1996.