NAVAJO RULES FOR EXCLUSION PROCEEDINGS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

RULE 1    Purposes

RULE 2    Jurisdiction and Authority

RULE 3    Grounds for Exclusion

a.         Offenses under Navajo or United States law

b.        Enumerated acts

c.        Repossession of property without consent of court order

d.        Other provisions

RULE 4    Nature of Proceedings

RULE 5    Construction of Exclusion Statutes

RULE 6    Nonapplicability to Certain Individuals

RULE 7    Evidence, Standard of Proof, Admissions

a.         General rules

b.        Preponderance of evidence

c.        Admission

d.        Consent

RULE 8    Territory of Exclusion--Defintion of “Navajo Nation”

RULE 9    Arrest of Nonmembers of the Navajo Tribe

RULE 10   Disqualification of Judges

RULE 11   Immediate Temporary Exclusion

RULE 12   Proceedings for Temporary Exclusion Order

RULE 13   Contents of Temporary Exclusion Order

RULE 14   Immediate Exclusion by Consent

RULE 15   Petitions for Exclusion--Contents

a.      Terms for parties

b.     Time of filing

c.     Contents

d.     Verification of petition

e.      Individuals filing petitions

RULE 16   Chapter and Community Resolutions

RULE 17   Citations

RULE 18   Pleadings by Respondents

RULE 19   Hearings

a.      Upon arrest

b.     Application for an immediate exclusion

c.     The exclusion hearing

RULE 20   Hearings Civil in Nature

RULE 21   Considerations Upon Finding of Grounds for Exclusion

RULE 22   Court Orders

a.      Judgment terms

b.     Contents of order

RULE 23   Petitions for Modification of Order

a.      When made

b.     Method of making

c.     Contents

d.     Oral petitions

RULE 24   Priority on Court Dockets

RULE 25   Appeals

RULE 26   Forms

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