---
kind: "unit"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
key: "ch10"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 10"
heading: "Descent and Distribution; Heirs of Allottee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/ch10"
sections_count: 20
---

# Chapter 10 — Descent and Distribution; Heirs of Allottee

Title 25 — Indians

## Sections

- [§371. Descent of land](/usc/25/371.md)
- [§372. Ascertainment of heirs of deceased allottees; settlement of estates; sale of lands; deposit of Indian moneys](/usc/25/372.md)
- [§372–1. Repealed.](/usc/25/372-1.md)
- [§372–2. Indian probate judges](/usc/25/372-2.md)
- [§372a. Heirs by adoption](/usc/25/372a.md)
- [§373. Disposal by will of allotments held under trust](/usc/25/373.md)
- [§373a. Disposition of trust or restricted estate of intestate without heirs; successor tribe; sale of land](/usc/25/373a.md)
- [§373b. Restricted estate or homestead on the public domain](/usc/25/373b.md)
- [§373c. Sections 373a and 373b as inapplicable to certain Indians](/usc/25/373c.md)
- [§374. Attendance of witnesses](/usc/25/374.md)
- [§375. Determination of heirship of deceased members of Five Civilized Tribes](/usc/25/375.md)
- [§375a. Jurisdiction of Secretary of the Interior over probate and distribution of estates not exceeding $2,500](/usc/25/375a.md)
- [§375b. Repealed.](/usc/25/375b.md)
- [§375c. Disbursement of sums not exceeding $500 to heirs or legatees](/usc/25/375c.md)
- [§375d. Disposition of estates of intestate members of Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma dying without heirs](/usc/25/375d.md)
- [§376. Oaths in investigations](/usc/25/376.md)
- [§377. Repealed.](/usc/25/377.md)
- [§378. Partition of allotment among heirs; patents](/usc/25/378.md)
- [§379. Sale of allotted lands by heirs](/usc/25/379.md)
- [§380. Lease of inherited allotments by superintendent](/usc/25/380.md)