Traditional Restitution and Custom Law Recognition

Title 3, § 3-7-020(OO), (ZZ)

Tribe: Spirit Lake Tribe

OO. “Restitution” – Any form of Traditional Restitution as defined in section 3-7-020(ZZ) or payment of a victim’s documented cost for medical treatment, counseling, substance abuse treatment, or any other financial damage caused by the actions of the offender. ZZ. “Traditional restitution” is defined as any customary or traditional compensation, as determined by judicial notice, as part of a custom-law finding or a tribal judge following custom-law finding hearing; or as directed by a formally established custom law advisory board and certified to the sitting judge.

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