Tribal Law - Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Wisconsin; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Code of Law.

GNC.4.13.090 Enforcement

(a) The Department, Tribe's Law Enforcement Department, and any other law enforcement department, or any agency from which an agency of the Tribe has sought assistance, are empowered to enforce this Ordinance.

(b) A citation may be issued when any violation of this Ordinance occurs in the presence of the enforcement authority or when probable cause exists to believe that a violation occurred, provided the citation shall state:

(1) the location, date and time of violation (or the date and time the violation was discovered) and the Section(s) of this Ordinance violated;

(2) the date of the initial hearing before the Tribal Court which shall be no sooner than ten (10) days after service of the citation;

(3) the amount of the fine which may be paid by the violator to the Tribal Court in order to avoid the initial hearing; and

(4) that failure to pay the amount of the fine or appear before the Tribal Court on the date set for hearing shall result in entry of a default judgment and an award of relief pursuant to this Ordinance.