---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 153.5"
title: "25"
number: "153.5"
heading: "Children of competent Indians."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/153.5"
---

# §153.5. Children of competent Indians.


Children of competent Indians who have attained or upon attaining their majority shall automatically become competent except any such Indian who is declared incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction or who is incompetent under the laws of the State within which he resides.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 12, 41 Stat. 755, 46 Stat. 1495, as amended.

### Source

Source: 22 FR 10563, Dec. 24, 1957, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982.