25 U.S.C. § 410
Section 410 · Moneys from lease or sale of trust lands not liable for certain debts
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. California State Board of Equalization (1988)
Most recently applied in Cantrell v. McClammy (November 2016)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No money accruing from any lease or sale of lands held in trust by the United States for any Indian shall become liable for the payment of any debt of, or claim against, such Indian contracted or arising during such trust period, or, in case of a minor, during his minority, except with the approval and consent of the Secretary of the Interior.