[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR16.5]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 16--ESTATES OF INDIANS OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.5  Acceptance and acknowledgement of service of process.

    Service by the Field Solicitor or any other person of any process or 
notice, pursuant to any Federal statute which by its express terms is 
applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes, may be accepted and 
acknowledged by the Field Solicitor, or by any attorney authorized to 
perform the duties specified in Sec. 16.3, on behalf of the Secretary 
and the Bureau, notwithstanding any specific designation in such statute 
of the official to be served (such as the Secretary, superintendent for 
the Five Civilized Tribes, Probate Attorney, etc.).